David Bowie

"Age doesn't bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It's the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am."

"The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time."

"All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker."

"All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it."

"Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me, and that figures into my worldview. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs."

"Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them."

"I was born in London 1947, after the war. A real wartime baby. I went to school in Brixton, and then I moved up to Yorkshire, which is in the north of England. I lived on the farms up there."

"I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir."

"It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be."

"Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left."

"On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts."

"There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much."

"What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do."

"When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30."