David Bowie Quotes

“The filming was interrupted at one point by an old man walking his dog, looking for driftwood. Mallet asked him if he wouldn’t mind moving, and pointed out Bowie sitting outside the catering van. ‘Do you know who this is?’ he asked. Sharp as a tack, the old man responded with, ‘Of course I do. It’s some cunt in a clown suit.’ Sometime later, Bowie remembered, ‘That was a huge moment for me. It put me back in my place and made me realise, “Yes, I’m just a cunt in a clown suit.”
― Dylan Jones, David Bowie: A Life

“When you feel that you are privy to secret information it always becomes so much more personalized.”
― Dylan Jones, David Bowie: The Oral History

“David could become an expert on something very quickly and then turn round and dismiss it a couple of weeks later.”
― Dylan Jones, David Bowie: The Oral History