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
The end comes when the infinites arrive.
I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot.
... And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through...
Comfort comes into your house first as guest, then as a host, then finally as the master.
I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.
I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.
There's a starman waiting in the sky, he'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds.
Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.
Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.
Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out...
The minute you know you're on safe ground, you're dead
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'.
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.
I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.