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“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)
— Jul 01, 2026 08:15AM
“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)
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io Hickman
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“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)
— Jul 02, 2026 07:59AM
io Hickman
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“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)
— Jun 24, 2026 07:22PM
“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)
io Hickman
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“We thought Marc Bolan was gay, we thought David Bowie was gay…we thought all the cool people were gay” (p.23)
“…it’s absolutely staggering that long before he was famous, people would get the impression of meeting someone very, very special, someone with a very special connection.” (p.27)
— Jun 21, 2026 04:52PM
“…it’s absolutely staggering that long before he was famous, people would get the impression of meeting someone very, very special, someone with a very special connection.” (p.27)
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“If, when alive, Bowie was everything and anything to us all - the grand conjurer of sonic wisdom, the wizard of sophisticated boom-boom, a tousled-haired over-cranked Mockney with a Marlboro Lite cackle and a delivery boy wink - in death he was immediately reduced to a felt-tip zig-zag”
“When they do talk about him, it’s not ‘David Bowie was…’ - it’s ’David Bowie is…’
— Jun 17, 2026 02:35PM
“When they do talk about him, it’s not ‘David Bowie was…’ - it’s ’David Bowie is…’
