Status Updates From David Bowie: The Oral History

“He was the bridge between the old and the new.” (p.247)

“Like the Beatles in the 60s, he signaled cultural shifts. He’s the 70s Beatles, in that respect.” (p.252)

“They use ‘Heroes’ for every heroic event, although it’s a song about alcoholics.” (p.263)

“David had a lovely saying, ‘Let go, or be dragged.’…David would introduce something and leave it.” (p.281)

“He had to have cartilage removed from one part of his body and put in his nose because the coke had eaten his nose cartilage away.” (p.196)

“Jimmy Page was there was because David was obsessed with Aleister Crowley, and so was he.” (p.213)

“In his music I liked the fact that he seemed happy with a state of unease.” (p.226)

“He was almost like a vampire looking for not blood but sex.” (p.240))

“Because of course the very consequences often of keeping changing is that you ruin your popularity because those that love you want you to be the same. So he managed to be absolutely the same all the time, always David Bowie, by constantly changing.” (p.169)

“But yes, David was bisexual, I was bisexual. I wouldn’t have had any use for David if he hadn’t been bisexual.” (p.86)

“He made every outsider feel like they were an insider, feel like they’re doing the right thing.” (p.126)

“I mean he was the ultimate rock and roll lover.” (p.141)

“So suddenly it was like this gay Communist is coming to the South to perform to their children!” (p.151)

“When he stopped playing we stopped going.” (p.51)

“But he couldn’t get the music out of his head, and realized that he had to pursue that because it was integral to his being.” (p.54)