David Bowie

I’m terribly intuitive-I always thought I was intellectual about what I do, but I’ve come to the realization that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time.

Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

I’m just an individual who doesn’t feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I’m working for me.

I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.

To this day I’m really not sure if I was playing Ziggy [Stardust] or if Ziggy was exaggerated aspects of my own personality. A fair amount of psychological baggage was undoubtedly coming out through the character. Because I felt awkward and nervous and inadequate with myself, it felt easier to be somebody else.

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

If you’ve got a big mouth and you’re controversial, you’re going to get attention.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

I think that by ignoring the show you’re ignoring the audience who put you there.

My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.

I always said to myself, this would be really hard if I were 20 or 30. That’s why I look at these young celebrities, and I just feel for them, because you have to be grown up enough to know yourself in this. And that just takes time.

In Hollywood if you don’t have a shrink, people think you’re crazy.

My attitude is, if someone’s going to criticize me, tell me to my face.