David Bowie
David Bowie
David Robert Jones, better known by his stage name David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 January 1947
CityLondon, England
What is very enlightening for me right now is that I sense that I'm arriving at a place of peace with my writing that I've never experienced before.
I've started doing book reviews for Barnes & Noble! They saw that I did a lot of book reviews on the site, and they figured that it might not be a bad thing if they got me to do some for them as well. I gave them five categories I'd be interested in reviewing, from art to fiction to music.
I wanted to create an environment where not just my fans but all music lovers could be a part of the same community.
Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.
When the musical keyboard was created in the 1970's, you had electronic geeks that had no background in music created these devises and gave them to musicians that had no background in electronics. The result was some of the wierd sounds that came out in the '70s.
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.
Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.
As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?
I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.
I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.
Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.
When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.
I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.