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 More Quotes by David Bowie More Quotes From David Bowie I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. David Bowie overweight korean denial On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts. David Bowie awakening ghost hands Look up here, I'm in heaven. David Bowie look-up heaven looks I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody. David Bowie play writing numbers I have to take total control myself. I can't let anybody else do anything, for I find that I can do things better for me. I don't want to get other people playing with what they think that I'm trying to do. David Bowie control-myself people thinking You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is. David Bowie rocks stars thinking I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir. David Bowie music stars water There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means. David Bowie want mean way I had enormous self-image, problems and very low self-esteem, which I hid behind obsessive writing and performing. It's exactly what I do now except I enjoy it now. I'm not driven like I was in my twenties. I was driven to get through life very quickly. David Bowie twenties self-esteem writing There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists. There are good things and bad things about being an artist, and the good thing is, sometimes you get an inside line on what's really happening. You develop these strange antennae that clue you in to what's really going on. David Bowie lines strange artist I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me. I'm rather surprised at who I am, because I'm actually like my dad! David Bowie makeup dad thinking It always felt like you were trying too hard to look like the audience or something. That whole thing about the artistic integrity, which, of course, I've never bought into - with any artist. It's just not a real thing. David Bowie artist real integrity Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have. David Bowie music-and-life challenges life-is I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people. David Bowie cold touching people Ground control to Major Tom. David Bowie toms majors expression You should turn around at the end of the day and say I really like that piece of work, or that piece of work sucked. Not, was that popular or wasn't it popular? David Bowie the-end-of-the-day pieces ends I haven't changed my views much since I was about 12, really, I've just got a 12-year-old mentality.When I was in school I had a brother who was into Kerouac and he gave me On The Road to read when I was 12 years old. That's still been a big influence. David Bowie brother views school When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire. David Bowie fire mean world In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side. David Bowie pieces realization facts I find it easier to write in these little vignettes; if I try to get any more heavy, I find myself out of my league. David Bowie league writing trying
