For he’s a jolly good rebel rebel: Happy 65th birthday, David Bowie (Jan 8)

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“And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I’m going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I’m 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’m always amazed that peole take what I say seriously. I don’t even take what I am seriously.” ~ David Bowie

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“I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought: “F*ck that, I want to be a superhuman.” ~ David Bowie

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“If it works, it’s out of date” ~ David Bowie

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“I’m 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 play everybody.” ~ David Bowie

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“I once asked (John) Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said “it’s great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on.” ~ David Bowie

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“You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.” ~ David Bowie

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