There's not much point in getting any heavier... there's too many things to read and look at. David Bowie More Quotes by David Bowie More Quotes From David Bowie Ironically, style doesn't come even closely related to fashion. It's got nothing to do [with clothes]. David Bowie clothesstylefashion I think that my fascination with clothes generally was motivated by trying to create the characters for the stage. David Bowie clothescharacterthinking When I was going through those very fast changes, I think it was terribly important to me that I was seen to be inventive. I think that was the characteristic of my work that I wanted people to see. David Bowie importantpeoplethinking I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part. David Bowie heartamericafacts Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use. David Bowie radiomediause I think I am a lot more relaxed about what I have or haven't done. David Bowie relaxeddonethinking There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV. David Bowie mtvblackartist By the mid-'80s, it was really apparent to me that I really needed to stop losing myself in my work and in my addictions. What happens is you just wake up one morning and feel absolutely dead. You can't even drag your soul back into your body. You feel you have negated everything that is wonderful about life. When you have fallen that far, it feels like a miracle when you regain your love of life. David Bowie love-lifeaddictionmorning Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano. David Bowie heathenminespiano I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. David Bowie hip-hoplongthinking I really wanted to do, more than anything else, up until I was around 16, 17, was write musicals. David Bowie wantedwriting Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place. David Bowie chordsmusicsometimes It is amazing how a new child can refocus one's direction seconds after its birth. Everything falls into a feeling of 'rightness'. David Bowie feelingschildrenfall Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write. David Bowie writingsongreality I guess Ziggy would have been the perfect vehicle to have done with. David Bowie vehicledoneperfect I thought that I could do some kind of vehicle involving rock musicals and presenting rock and characters and storyline in a completely different fashion. David Bowie rocksfashioncharacter However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums. David Bowie strongrunningsong I never really got the book together for the thing, so I had all the songs and the characters. But by the time we'd gotten it on the road and I'd been doing it for 18 months, oh God, I couldn't wait to move on to something else. David Bowie songbookmoving I'm a blackstar. I'm a blackstar. David Bowie I think a lot of that album ["Tonight" ] is still very good . . . the songs, but I think I was indifferent to the arrangements. David Bowie albumssongthinking
