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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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Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So its like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. Youd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because thats really the only unique situation thats going to be left. – David Bowie

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Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I dont think Im camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage. – David Bowie

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And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, Im going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, Im going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan. – David Bowie

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I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. – H.A. Overstreet

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I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. Ive started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. Ive written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun. – Ellen DeGeneres

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There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind. – Louis Armstrong

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Its almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music. – John Mayer

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