David Bowie citáty

David Bowie byl britský zpěvák, herec, hudební skladatel, multiinstrumentalista, producent a malíř. Byl považován za průkopníka nových hudebních trendů. Od roku 1992 byla jeho manželkou modelka Iman. David Bowie zemřel ve věku 69 let na rakovinu jater, se kterou bojoval 18 měsíců. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. leden 1947 – 10. leden 2016   •   Další jména Bowie
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David Bowie nejznámější citáty

David Bowie citát: „Zítřek patří všem, kteří ho slyší přicházet.“

David Bowie citáty a výroky

„Kupodivu to ve skutečnosti nebyl Lou Reed, kdo mě přitahoval ke skupině The Velvet Underground. Pro mě byl zvukem kapely John Cale. To se potvrdilo o několik let později, když jsem pracoval s Lou Reedem na albu Transformer. John byl subverzivní element kapely, jeden z nejpodceňovanějších hudebníků v historii rockové hudby. Ten chlap je nebezpečný, skutečný charakter. Nenapadá mě nikdo děsivnější a temnější. Lou Reed je v porovnání s ním sborový zpěvák.“

Originál: (en) Oddly, it was not really Lou Reed who attracted me to the Velvet. To me, the sound of the band was John Cale. That was confirmed a few years later when I worked with Lou on Transformer. John was the subversive element of the band, one of the most underrated musicians in rock history. That guy is a danger, a true character. I cannot think of anybody more terrifying and dark. Lou Reed is a choirboy compared to him.
Zdroj: [Les vies de Bowie, Les Inrocks, 2013, duben, 2/50, 0298-3788, anglicky]

David Bowie citát: „Být rockovou hvězdou v podstatě znamená jen jiný střih kalhot.“

„Být rockovou hvězdou v podstatě znamená jen jiný střih kalhot.“

Zdroj: [Kohut, Joe, Kohut, John J., Rockecy aneb Kniha rockových citátů, Ladislav Šenkyřík, Volvox Globator, Praha, 1996, 1, 153, 54, 80-7207-016-9]

„Když jsem na scéně, cítím se spíš jako herec než jako rockový umělec. Jako rockový umělec se cítím moc málokdy. Nemyslím si, že by to bylo tak úplně povolání, hrát rock and roll.“

Zdroj: [Kohut, Joe, Kohut, John J., Rockecy aneb Kniha rockových citátů, Ladislav Šenkyřík, Volvox Globator, Praha, 1996, 1, 153, 107, 80-7207-016-9]

„Už dávno jsem přestal své písně vysvětlovat.“

Dávám přednost tomu, že si poslechnu, co o nich říkají jiní. Jako bych prostě třídil rajčata…

Source: [Kohut, Joe, Kohut, John J., Rockecy aneb Kniha rockových citátů, Ladislav Šenkyřík, Volvox Globator, Praha, 1996, 1, 153, 63, 80-7207-016-9]

David Bowie: Citáty anglicky

“I've come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time”

"Sermon From the Savoy", New Musical Express (29 September 1984)
Kontext: I'm terribly intuitive—I always thought I was intellectual about what I do, but I've come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time, that the majority of the stuff that I do is totally intuitive, totally about where I am physically and mentally at any moment in time and I have a far harder time than anybody else explaining it and analysing it. That's the territory of the artist anyway: to be quite at sea with what he does, and working towards not being intuive about it and being far more methodical and academic about it.

“Turn and face the strange changes.”

Song lyrics, Hunky Dory (1971)
Zdroj: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
Turn and face the strange.

“As long as there's me
As long as there's you”

"Where Are We Now?" (2013)
Song lyrics, The Next Day (2013)
Kontext: Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know
As long as there's sun
As long as there's sun
As long as there's rain
As long as there's rain
As long as there's fire
As long as there's fire
As long as there's me
As long as there's you

“How many times does an angel fall?
How many people lie instead of talking tall?”

"Blackstar"
Song lyrics, Blackstar (2016)
Kontext: Something happened on the day he died
Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside
Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried
(I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar) How many times does an angel fall?
How many people lie instead of talking tall?
He trod on sacred ground, he cried loud into the crowd
(I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar, I’m not a gangster)

“I'm the cream
Of the great utopia dream.
And you're in the gleam
In the depths of your banker's spleen.”

Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
Song lyrics, Space Oddity (1969)

“So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test.”

Changes
Song lyrics, Hunky Dory (1971)
Kontext: Still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild.
A million dead-end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet.
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test.

“Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, forever and ever
Oh, we can be heroes just for one day.”

"Heroes", written with Brian Eno
Song lyrics, "Heroes" (1977)
Kontext: I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, forever and ever
Oh, we can be heroes just for one day.

“It's an odd feeling, like something else is guiding you, although forcing your hand is more like it.”

Livewire interview (2002)
Kontext: Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write. I didn't like writing "Heathen". There was something so ominous and final about it. It was early in the morning, the sun was rising and through the windows I could see two deer grazing down below in the field. In the distance a car was driving slowly past the reservoir and these words were just streaming out and there were tears running down my face. But I couldn't stop, they just flew out. It's an odd feeling, like something else is guiding you, although forcing your hand is more like it.

“Nevertheless, I still don't know what the voice is saying, or even what language it's in.”

Livewire interview (2002)
Kontext: It's odd but even when I was a kid, I would write about "old and other times" as though I had a lot of years behind me. Now I do, so there is a difference in the weight of memory. When you're young, you're still "becoming", now at my age I am more concerned with "being". And not too long from now I'll be driven by "surviving", I'm sure. I kind of miss that "becoming" stage, as most times you really don't know what's around the corner. Now, of course, I've kind of knocked on the door and heard a muffled answer. Nevertheless, I still don't know what the voice is saying, or even what language it's in.

“It's odd but even when I was a kid, I would write about "old and other times" as though I had a lot of years behind me.”

Livewire interview (2002)
Kontext: It's odd but even when I was a kid, I would write about "old and other times" as though I had a lot of years behind me. Now I do, so there is a difference in the weight of memory. When you're young, you're still "becoming", now at my age I am more concerned with "being". And not too long from now I'll be driven by "surviving", I'm sure. I kind of miss that "becoming" stage, as most times you really don't know what's around the corner. Now, of course, I've kind of knocked on the door and heard a muffled answer. Nevertheless, I still don't know what the voice is saying, or even what language it's in.

“Those who feel me near
Pull the blinds and change their minds”

Song lyrics, Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (1982)
Kontext: See these eyes so red
Red like jungle burning bright
Those who feel me near
Pull the blinds and change their minds.

“Music has given me over 40 years of extraordinary experiences. I can't say that life's pains or more tragic episodes have been diminished because of it. But it's allowed me so many moments of companionship when I've been lonely and a sublime means of communication when I wanted to touch people. It's been both my doorway of perception and the house that I live in.”

Commencement Address for the Berklee College of Music, at Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts (8 May 1999) https://www.berklee.edu/commencement/past
Kontext: Music has given me over 40 years of extraordinary experiences. I can't say that life's pains or more tragic episodes have been diminished because of it. But it's allowed me so many moments of companionship when I've been lonely and a sublime means of communication when I wanted to touch people. It's been both my doorway of perception and the house that I live in.
I only hope that it embraces you with the same lusty life force that it graciously offered me.

“Something happened on the day he died
Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside
Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried
(I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar)”

"Blackstar"
Song lyrics, Blackstar (2016)
Kontext: Something happened on the day he died
Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside
Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried
(I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar) How many times does an angel fall?
How many people lie instead of talking tall?
He trod on sacred ground, he cried loud into the crowd
(I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar, I’m not a gangster)

“Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.”

Livewire interview (2002)
Kontext: Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write. I didn't like writing "Heathen". There was something so ominous and final about it. It was early in the morning, the sun was rising and through the windows I could see two deer grazing down below in the field. In the distance a car was driving slowly past the reservoir and these words were just streaming out and there were tears running down my face. But I couldn't stop, they just flew out. It's an odd feeling, like something else is guiding you, although forcing your hand is more like it.

“Still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild.”

Changes
Song lyrics, Hunky Dory (1971)
Kontext: Still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild.
A million dead-end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet.
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test.

“Soon there'll be nothing left of me
Nothing left to release”

"Bring Me the Disco King"
Song lyrics, Reality (2003)

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