I don't like talk and I don't like talkers. Like Ma Barker. That's what she always said, 'Ma Barker doesn't like talk and she doesn't like talkers.' She just sat there with her gun. David Bowie More Quotes by David Bowie More Quotes From David Bowie They're the salt of the earth, those girls. They don't sit each night and compare notes on groups, criticising lyrics, asking if it's valid. They just play the record... yeah, and maybe they dance. I love them. I love them dearly David Bowie girlplaynight The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it's not going to happen. I'm fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years. David Bowie transformationableyears There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted to go see Chuck Berry were completely forbidden. David Bowie rocksracekids It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece. David Bowie judgementintelligentpeople 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. David Bowie music-and-lifedoeyears The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. Nothing comes out of that except a kind of inward humiliation. David Bowie failurerealtrying Hitler was the first superstar. David Bowie superstarfirsts There's something about the style of living in the country that they feel, "This is what represents me." So style is about the philosophy of how we create our civilization. David Bowie philosophycivilizationcountry The sun machine is coming down, and we're gonna have a party. David Bowie down-andmachinesparty Time may change me, but I can't trace time. David Bowie i-canmay I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants. David Bowie restaurantsfamethinking What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time. You know, what I do is not terribly intellectual. I'm a pop singer for Christ's sake. As a person, I'm fairly uncomplicated. David Bowie lonelyfeelingswriting If I wasn't going through a thing where I was also being my characters offstage, uh, I'm much happier just wearing the most low-profile things that I can come up with just so I can get down the street. David Bowie profilelowscharacter I can't keep my fingers out of any pies. David Bowie fingerspiei-can A lot of people that I know are bugged with the idea that they have got to have an audience, or they have got to be liked. I think the more that you fall into that trap it makes your own life harder to come to terms with, because an audience appreciation is only going to be periodic at the best of times. David Bowie appreciationfallthinking I feel that what I do is always contemporary with the society I'm living in... If I wanted to explain myself, that's how I'd explain myself: that I'm a diarist. David Bowie contemporarywantedfeels Am I Machiavellian? I don't think I'm quite the mastermind people would have me be. Everything I do tends to be very successful and it may have something to do with the fact that I'm very good, not necessarily that I manipulate. But that doesn't often occur to people. David Bowie successfulpeoplethinking Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd was the first person in rock I had seen with makeup on. He wore black nail polish and lots of mascara and black eye shadow, and he was so mysterious. It was this androgynous thing I found absolutely fascinating. David Bowie makeupblackeye I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image. David Bowie mothersexthinking To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me. David Bowie life-and-deathmusiciancouple
