David Bowie citáty
David Bowie
Datum narození: 8. leden 1947
Datum úmrtí: 10. leden 2016
Další jména: Bowie
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.
Citáty David Bowie
„I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. I felt very very puny as a human. I thought, "Fuck that. I want to be a superman."“
— David Bowie
Quoted in [http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/rs206-david-bowie/ this interview] in Rolling Stone #206 (12 February 1976); a slightly altered version of the quote has appeared in various sources such as Fas Ferox - A Modern Day Mythology - World Walkthrough (2006), edited by Anna Young and James Curcio: "I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.'"
„How many times does an angel fall?
How many people lie instead of talking tall?“
— David Bowie
Context: 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)
"Blackstar"
„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.“
— David Bowie
Context: 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.
Changes
„Nevertheless, I still don't know what the voice is saying, or even what language it's in.“
— David Bowie
Context: 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.
