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
From my standpoint, being an artist, I want to see what the new construction is between artist and audience.
GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other.
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.
I think Mustique is Duchampian - it will always provide an endless source of delight.
I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original.
I would dream. I focused all my attention on going to America. The subculture, James Dean, the rock n' roll, the beat writers.
I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places.
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
I'm responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.
I'm wallowing in the whole idea of just being a guy out there with a band, with songs. It's a real enjoyment.
If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer.
It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange; I never thought I would be.
Now I realize that from '72 through to about '76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn't have been more rock star.
The Internet carries the flag of being subversive and possibly rebellious and chaotic, nihilistic.