David Bowie

David Bowie's biography

David Bowie is 69 years old painter born at Brixton. He was born on Wednesday 8th of January 1947. He is often nicknamed as The Thin White DukeZiggy StardustThe Picasso of PopThe DameThe Master of ReinventionThe Chameleon of RockAladdin SaneMajor TomThe Starman. According to year of birth 1947 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 8th of January means he is Capricorn. These people are stable in nature. As the sign lord is “Saturn”, the person will be judgemental in his approach.He was married 2 times.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United Kingdom. His primary profession is to be painter. You can know him also as singer-songwriter, guitarist, saxophonist, composer, film actor, record producer, songwriter, actor, singer, pianist, mime artist, vocalist, manufacturer, occultist. He is recently known as music video director.

David Bowie's family

David Bowie's ex spouses

Angie Bowie

David Bowie and Angie Bowie have been together since 1970 for 10 years. She is known as actor. His ex spouse was born on Sunday 25th of September 1949 in Agios Dometios.

Iman

David Bowie and Iman have been together since 1992 for 24 years.

He has 1 son.

David Bowie's son: Duncan Jones

David Bowie's son's name is Duncan Jones. He is known as film director. His son was born on Sunday 30th of May 1971 in Bromley Hospital.

David Bowie's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Ravensbourne University London, Ravens Wood School, City Literary Institute.

Detailed informations about his schools

• Attended Bromley Technical High School with George Underwood and Peter Frampton, whose father Owen was the School Master.
• Attended Raglan Infants' School from 1953-55.

David Bowie's career

His main focus is to be painter. He is famous thanks to All the Young Dudes. Maybe you are curious what instrument does he play ? He plays saxophone.

Is David Bowie gay ?

He is known to be bisexuality.

How did David Bowie die

He died on on Sunday 10th of January 2016 when he was 69 years old at Manhattan. David Bowies death was caused by liver cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

David Bowie's Awards

• Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. on 2/12/97.
• Awarded Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by French culture minister Catherine Trautmann in 1999.

David Bowie's Rankings

• Ranked #12 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists and #7 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll.

What David Bowie has done for a first time

• Was the first major recording artist to release a song only on the Internet.
• Was Denis Villeneuve first choice for the role of Niander Wallace in Blade Runner 2049 (2017) but passed away before the start of the production. The role went to Jared Leto.
• Mary Lovett, Peter Frampton's first wife, was a teenage friend.

David Bowie's quotes

• [on whether he thinks he is a good actor] I took you in, didn't I? I rest my make-up case.
• [during an interview about his new album in 1999] I have nothing to say about the new album. Can I go now?
• Talking about art is like dancing about architecture.
• I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry.
• [on receiving an honorary degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music] Any list of advice I have to offer to a musician always ends with, "If it itches, go and see a doctor.".
• I know about Kylie [Kylie Minogue] and Robbie [Robbie Williams] and Pop Idol (2001) and stuff like that. You can't get away from that when you hit the [British] shore, so I know all about the cruise ship entertainment aspect of British pop.
• I'm an instant star; just add water.
• [from 1992] It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be.
• I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
• I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized autobiography 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 will play everybody.
• [in 1976 interview with Playboy] It's true - I am a bisexual. But I can't deny that I've used that fact very well. I suppose it's the best thing that ever happened to me. Fun, too.
• You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.
• [on his biggest worldwide hit song, "Let's Dance"] I don't know how many times someone has come up to me and said, "hey, let's dance!" I hate dancing. God, it's stupid.
• I reinvented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.
• [on being 50] Fab. But, you know, I don't feel fifty. I feel not a day over forty-nine. It's incredible. I'm bouncy, I feel bouncy.
• 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".
• [from 1983] I get offered so many bad movies. And they're all raging queens or transvestites or Martians.
• [on Elvis Presley] I saw a cousin of mine when I was young. She was dancing to "Hound Dog" and I had never seen her get up and be moved so much by anything. It really impressed me, the power of the music. I started getting records immediately after that.
• [Sigmund Freud] would have a heyday with me.
• The whole animal of rock keeps changing itself so fast and so furiously that you just can't plan ahead.
• Rock has always been the devil's music.
• The only thing I ever got out of fame was a better table in a restaurant. And for that I gave up being able to relate to people.
• I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.
• [speaking in 2002] Of the 26 albums I've made I think there were two when I really wasn't involved and that was "Tonight" and "Never Let Me Down", the two follow-ups to "Let's Dance". That period was my Phil Collins years.
• [speaking in 2002] It seems to be traditional now that every album since "Black Tie White Noise" is the best album I've put out since "Scary Monsters".
• [in 1972] Sometimes I don't feel as if I'm a person at all. I'm just a collection of other people's ideas.
• [in 1980] I have a lot of reservations about what I've done, inasmuch as I don't feel much of it has any import at all.
• [in 1975] I like fast drugs. I hate anything that slows me down.
• [in 1973] Offstage, I'm a robot. Onstage, I achieve emotion. It's probably why I prefer dressing up as Ziggy to being David.
• [on Annie Lennox] Most exquisite. Absolutely fabulous.
• [at The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992)] God bless Queen.
• [on the late Lou Reed] He was a master.
• [in 2014] I'm completely delighted to have a Brit for being the best male but I am, aren't I Kate [Kate Moss]? I think it's a great way to end the day. Thank you very very much - and Scotland, stay with us.
• All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.
• [when advised not to take drugs in his youth] Before I took them, when I took them and afterwards. Every time, that advice was right.
• I have an undying belief in God's existence. For me it is unquestionable.
• [on his reputation as a well read intellectual] I'm a born librarian with a sex drive.
• What I have is a malevolent curiosity. That's what drives my need to write and what probably leads me to look at things a little askew. I do tend to take a different perspective from most people.
• I listen to the radio all the time in New York, on the internet. I wouldn't listen to American radio. God, it's ghastly. But I float about through the BBC frequencies.
• [on his 1980s music] Commercially I sold an awful lot of albums with work that I now feel was very inferior. Artistically and aesthetically it was probably my lowest point.
• John Lennon was good at telling people off, but not me. Whenever I do didactic stuff it always seems ham-fisted.
• I'm just a bloke doing his job, and it's not terribly complicated. What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time.
• [on John Lennon] I always had such pleasure talking and being with John because there was nothing that didn't interest him, you know? He had a real appetite.
• I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact, it's been a good ride.
• It's unfortunate when musicians qualify their work with "now that I'm married, now that I've got kids, I've got to be more creatively pedestrian". Whereas there's people like myself, Neil Young and Scott Walker who move with the way life flows.
• My idol on saxophone has always been Ronnie Ross, so I looked up his name in the phone book and asked him if he would give me lessons.
• When I heard Little Richard, it just set my world on fire.
• [on turning down the chance to record a James Bond film theme] To be honest I haven't watched a James Bond film since Sean Connery was in them. I don't really like them.
• I believe the best way to fight an evil force is to caricature it.
• I'm not wealthy, I'm rich, and there's a difference. The rich know how much money they've got, and the wealthy don't.
• Once something is categorized and accepted, it becomes part of the tyranny of the mainstream, and it loses its potency.
• [1983, on MTV featuring very few black artists] There's one black station on television that I keep picking up. I'm not sure which station it's on. But there seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't used on MTV.
• [on the Internet, 1999] I don't think we've even seen the tip of the iceberg. I think the potential of what the Internet is going to do to society both good and bad is unimaginable. I think we're on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying.
• Hitler was the first superstar. He really did it right.
• Britain is ready for a fascist leader. I think Britain could benefit from a fascist leader. After all, fascism is really nationalism. I believe very strongly in fascism, people have always responded with greater efficiency under a regimental leadership.
• [in 1983] It occurred to me, having watched MTV over the last few months, that's it's a solid enterprise, really. It's got a lot going for it. I'm just floored by the fact that there are so few black artists featured on it. Why is that?
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