Quote by David Bowie
I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time. – David Bowie

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Im looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody. – David Bowie

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finance
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Theres a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that Im affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesnt want to leave. He likes it very much. – David Bowie

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My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isnt because I wanted to make simple music. Its because I dont really have the chops. – Norah Jones

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Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. – Marcel Marceau

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I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being. – Michael Tippett

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Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool. – Maynard James Keenan

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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. – Pliny The Elder

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Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sectors work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this new public sector elite. – Mortimer Zuckerman

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My agent says that Im a repeat business guy. If you hire me to come do a movie, Ill be on time, know all my material, be ready to go, have a good attitude. Im here to work, so I get hired over and over again by the same producers. If you just be a team player on set you can work so much more often. – Dean Cain

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To a father, when a child dies, the future dies to a child when a parent dies, the past dies. – Red Auerbach

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