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I probably also wanted to be black at that particular time [ 9 years old] as well.
David Bowie
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David Bowie
Age: 69 †
Born: 1947
Born: January 8
Died: 2016
Died: January 10
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A lot of people that I know are bugged with the idea that they have got to have an audience, or they have got to be liked. I think the more that you fall into that trap it makes your own life harder to come to terms with, because an audience appreciation is only going to be periodic at the best of times.
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I don't live for the stage. I don't live for an audience.
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I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.
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The younger people get into the lyrics in a different way there's much more of a tactile understanding, which is the way I prefer it.
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