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View Plans“ ”Blackstar, two days before his death. And interestingly, that record was a kind of self-interview — Bowie’s most fearless and open of them all, wherein he answers the ultimate hard question “What is it like to be dying?” — and reveals in poetic detail what had meaning to him in his life … while addressing his audience with a certain innate gratitude as he says goodbye.
About David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 - 10 January 2016), known under his stage name David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, painter, and actor. Bowie was a figure in popular music for over four decades, and was known as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s.
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Additional quotes by David Bowie
"It's a god-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling, "No!"
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen.
- <i>Life on Mars?</i>"
Cause I'd rather stay here
With all the madmen
Than perish with the sadmen roaming free
And I'd rather play here
With all the madmen
For I'm quite content they're all as sane
As me.
- <i>All the Madmen</i>
And the stars look very different today.