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
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
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that Im not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does. – David Bowie
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