David Bowie

I spent so much time in my bedroom. It really was my entire world. I had books up there, my music up there, my record player. Going from my world upstairs out onto the street, I had to pass through this no-man’s-land of the living room, you know, and out the front hall.

David Bowie

I surrounded myself with people who indulged my ego. They treated me as though I was Ziggy Stardust or one of my characters, never realising that David Jones might be behind it.

David Bowie

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

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that’s happened in music in a long time.

David Bowie

I think that my fascination with clothes generally was motivated by trying to create the characters for the stage.

David Bowie

I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.

David Bowie

I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.

David Bowie

I went to a middle-class school, but my background is working class. I got the best of both worlds, I saw both classes, so I have a pretty fair idea of how people live and why they do it.

David Bowie

I’d rather stay here with all the madmen than perish with the sadmen roaming free.

David Bowie

I’m a thinker not a talker.

David Bowie