I think the first experience scared the hell out of me. Within months of my initial marriage [on Angela Bowie], I realized I had done a really naive and rather stupid thing. . . . I don't think either of us had any real resolve about being together. The result was it made me wary of relationships.

I'll paint you moments of gold, I'll spin you Valentine evenings.

If you come from art, you'll always be art.

I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.

Every time I've made a radical change it's helped me feel buoyant as an artist

I got a bad migraine that lasted 3 years, and the pills I took made by fingers disappear.

[David] Bowie went on to make best-selling music - funk, dance music, electronic music, while also being influenced by cabaret and jazz.