David Bowie: Trending quotes (page 5)

“First they give you everything that you want
Then they take back everything that you have
They live upon their feet and they die upon their knees
They can work with satan while they dress like the saints
They know god exists for the devil told them so
They scream my name aloud down into the well below”

David Bowie

The Next Day (2013)
Song lyrics, The Next Day (2013)

God

“I get offered so many bad movies. And they're all raging queens or transvestites or Martians.”

David Bowie

1983 Comment, quoted in Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies 15th Edition (2003) by Leslie Halliwell, p. 60

Rage

“All the young dudes
Carry the news
Boogaloo dudes
Carry the news.”

David Bowie

All The Young Dudes, performed by Mott the Hoople
Song lyrics

“You've got your mother in a whirl
She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl.
Hey babe, your hair's alright.
Hey babe, let's go out tonight.
You like me, and I like it all.
We like dancing and we look divine.
You love bands when they're playing hard.
You want more and you want it fast.”

David Bowie

Rebel Rebel
Song lyrics, Diamond Dogs (1974)

Love , Girl , Boy , Dance

“Pushing through the market square, so many mothers sighing
News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in.
News guy wept and told us, earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying.”

David Bowie

Five Years
Song lyrics, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

Guy , Lying , Cry

“Who'll love Aladdin Sane?
Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise.”

David Bowie

Aladdin Sane
Song lyrics, Aladdin Sane (1973)

Love , Time

“In the corner of the morning in the past
I would sit and blame the master first and last.
All the roads were straight and narrow
And the prayers were small and yellow.
And the rumour spread that I was aging fast.
Then I ran across a monster who was sleeping
By a tree.
And I looked and frowned and the monster was me.”

David Bowie

The Width of a Circle
Song lyrics, The Man Who Sold the World (1970)

Age , Sleep , Tree , Past

“Making love with his ego Ziggy sucked up into his mind
Like a leper messiah.
When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band.”

David Bowie

Ziggy Stardust
Song lyrics, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

Love , Making love

“Saying more and feeling less
Saying no but meaning yes
This is all I ever meant
That's the message that I sent”

David Bowie

"I Can't Give Everything Away"
Song lyrics, Blackstar (2016)

Feeling

“When all the world was very young
And mountain magic heavy hung
The supermen would walk in file
Guardians of a loveless isle.”

David Bowie

The Supermen
Song lyrics, The Man Who Sold the World (1970)

World , Mountain

“And if you say run, I'll run with you
And if you say hide, we'll hide.
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two.
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower.”

David Bowie

Let's Dance
Song lyrics, Let's Dance (1983)

Love , Flowers , Heart

“This ain't rock'n'roll. This is genocide!”

David Bowie

Diamond Dogs
Song lyrics, Diamond Dogs (1974)

“The tragic youth was going down on me
(…)
I've been right and I've been wrong
Now I'm back where I started from
Never looked over reality's shoulder”

David Bowie

"Reality"
Song lyrics, Reality (2003)

Youth , Reality

“I, I will be king.
And you, you will be queen.
Though nothing will drive them away.
We can beat them, just for one day.
We can be heroes, just for one day.”

David Bowie

"Heroes", written with Brian Eno
Song lyrics, "Heroes" (1977)

“Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low.”

David Bowie

Ashes To Ashes
Song lyrics, Scary Monsters (1980)

Time

“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

Interviewed in Q magazine (April 1990)

Thinking

“Do you remember, your President Nixon?
Do you remember, the bills you have to pay?
Or even yesterday?”

David Bowie

Young Americans
Song lyrics, Young Americans (1975)

“And there's never gonna be enough money
And there's never gonna be enough drugs
And I'm never ever gonna get old
There's never gonna be enough bullets
There's never gonna be enough sex
And I'm never ever gonna get old
So I'm never ever gonna get high
And I'm never ever gonna get low
And I'm never ever gonna get old”

David Bowie

"Never Get Old"
Song lyrics, Reality (2003)

Money , Sex

“God is an American.
I'm afraid of Americans.
I'm afraid of the world.
I'm afraid I can't help it.
I'm afraid I can't”

David Bowie

I'm Afraid of Americans
Song lyrics, Earthling (1997)

God , World , Help

“Let's dance for fear your grace should fall
Let's dance for fear tonight is all”

David Bowie

Let's Dance
Song lyrics, Let's Dance (1983)

Fear , Dance