“David couldn’t bear to be parted from Iman for long, and, during the early years of their marriage, decided not to tour because, as he put it, “I think getting married and then running away for ten months would be an absolute disaster.” Putting his rampant sexual past behind him, he revealed, “I have no temptations whatsoever. I have so been there and done that. I cannot tell you what I’ve done. You cannot show me anything new. None of it holds water for me anymore. There are no temptations—coffee, maybe.”
― Bowie: The Biography
― Bowie: The Biography
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
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“Perpetual celebrity—the kind where any mention of you will interest a significant percentage of the public until the day you die, even if that day comes decades after your last real contribution to the culture—is exceedingly rare, reserved for the likes of Muhammad Ali.”
― The Princess Diarist
― The Princess Diarist
“Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.”
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