Frases de David Bowie

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“Eu sempre tive uma necessidade repulsiva de ser algo a mais que um humano. Eu me sinto tão franzino como humano. Eu penso: "Foda-se. Eu quero ser um super-homem.”

“Eu não sei para onde vou a partir daqui, mas eu prometo que não vai ser chato.”

“Quem tem coragem de usar cabelos compridos passa por um verdadeiro inferno. É hora de nos unirmos e defendermos nossos cachinhos. Queremos gente famosa como os Stones e os Beatles lutando do nosso lado.”

“Detesto ficar rodeado de pessoas que têm egos enormes.”

“Não dê ouvidos à multidão, ela manda pular.”

“Eu recebo ofertas de filmes tão ruins. E todos eles são sobre rainhas, travestis ou marcianos.”

“Embora nada, nada nos manterá juntos
 Nós podemos vencê-los para todo o sempre
 Oh, nós podemos ser heróis apenas por um dia.”

“Quando eu ouvi Little Richard eu comprei um saxofone e entrei no negócio da música. Little Richard foi minha inspiração.”

“Sou contemporâneo do meu tempo.”

“Quanto sonhos já destruí! E deixei escapar das mãos. Se o futuro assim permitir, não pretendo viver em vão.”

“Costumava esperar do lado de fora para ser o primeiro cara da cidade a ter o novo compacto de Little Richard. Eu era simplesmente louco por ele.”

“Vocês não acreditariam em pelo que eu passei.”

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

“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”

“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.”

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

“I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.”

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

“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”

“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”

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

“Let's dance — put on your red shoes and dance the blues.
Let's dance — to the song they're playin' on the radio.
Let's sway — while colour lights up your face.
Let's swa —, sway through the crowd to an empty space.”

“This is Major Tom to Ground Control.
I'm stepping through the door,
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way.
And the stars look very different today.For here
Am I sitting in a tin can,
Far above the world.
Planet Earth is blue,
And there's nothing I can do.”

“Ziggy played guitar.”

“Ageing is an extraordinary process... If you are pining for youth I think it produces a stereotypical old man because you only live in memory, you live in a place that doesn’t exist … I think ageing is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should have been.”

“I think it's terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people's expectations. I think they generally produce their worst work when they do that.”