And I think my spaceship knows which way to go. David Bowie More Quotes by David Bowie More Quotes From David Bowie I would like to believe that people knew what they were fighting for and why they wanted a revolution, and exactly what it was within that they didn't like. David Bowie fighting believe people A career of nearly 40 years, is not very long. David Bowie careers long years My sexual nature is irrelevant. I'm an actor, I play roles, fragments of myself. David Bowie roles actors play You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut the sentences into four or five-word sections; mix em up and reconnect them. You can get some pretty interesting idea combinations like this. You can use them as is or, if you have a craven need to not lose control, bounce off these ideas and write whole new sections. David Bowie cutting writing ideas I surrounded myself with people who indulged my ego. They treated me as though I was Ziggy Stardust or one of my characters, never realising that David Jones might be behind it. David Bowie ego character people It's a compulsive need to wreck everything. You might notice there's a pattern of stripping down and building back up again throughout my life. But I guess that's how some of us conduct our lives. David Bowie wrecks patterns needs There's a thing that just as you go to sleep, if you keep your elbows elevated that you will never go below the dream stage. And I've used that quite a lot and it keeps me dreaming much longer than if I just relaxed. David Bowie elbows dream sleep On "Tonight" I think I was torn dreadfully between writing what I wanted to write, but keeping it in a style that would follow up what I had just done. That's where I feel I was untrue to myself as an artist . . . that album and, to a lesser extent, "Never Let Me Down." David Bowie artist writing thinking I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me. David Bowie individual way needs I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking. David Bowie wells negative thinking To be taken seriously about doing something creative and probably travel a lot. That was my motivation. I knew I was good, I knew I could write. I also knew you could get laid really easily. David Bowie motivation taken writing Turn and face the strange. David Bowie turns strange faces I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. David Bowie music-and-life glam-rock life-and-death I think the only music I didn't listen to was country and western, and that holds to this day. David Bowie western country thinking Hey man, I gotta straighten my face. This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place. David Bowie hey faces men I think the first song I ever wrote ... was called "Can't Help Thinking About Me." That's an illuminating little piece, isn't it? David Bowie pieces song thinking I made a more mature approach to industrial music. David Bowie approach mature made I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'. David Bowie lennon rock-and-roll rocks It took me a long time to reach the bottom and it went through various stages. I went from drugs into an alcohol stage. For a while, one feels, "Ah, I've kicked drugs," but what I discovered was I had another addiction instead. David Bowie addiction alcohol long I'm really quite bipolar, and the depressed times, when everything felt like night, sometimes you get to such a low point that you physically beat at it until it bleeds - as you would say - bleeds till sunshine. David Bowie bipolar sunshine night
