Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of
Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.
On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
I wish to remain nameless And live without shame 'Cause what's in a name, Oh I still remain the same
Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.
I try to not assume things are sexism. I'm trying to be good natured about why things are happening.
A woman's flexibility and a man's strength . . . put them together and you'll have a body like mine.
I always loved the Yardbirds when I was a kid, you know; I was always into Jeff Beck and everything.
If you take a long time over a record, you end up making something different from what you intended.
With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.
Be straight with yourself just to maybe save a few more people from being stupid and being ignorant.
If there is a God, I want to see him. I don't want to just hear some holy roller shouting about him.
My music is some of the most honest music that's been released and I think that's why people buy it.
I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.
And what's with the shirt? You think you're in Fiji?" "It's like being on vactaion. all of the time.
Somebody asked my friend Bob Seger, Why do you think the Eagles broke up? He said, Hotel California.
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.
I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.
I don't mind bees and think we are all the better for having them around. I like the taste of honey.
Fish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of.
There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.
While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within.
When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'
I'm just shallow and self-interested, and don't get out much because I'm afraid of real commitments.
I look at all good things with a bit of a dark lens, I suppose, especially with something like love.
I thought it would be more interesting to make a musical autobiography than an actual autobiography.
I've got six solo albums. I've been round the world three times. I don't even think about the Roses.
I went into jail with absolutely no respect whatsoever for authority, and I came out with even less.
Reality is only a term, based on values and well worn principles, whereas the dream goes on forever.
I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.
I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it.
In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.
I really enjoy recording right after a tour. We're tired, but the songs are really lived in by then.
If you're living a nice lifestyle and you have no problems, you put on our record, you won't get it.
Sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.
I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.
In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.
So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.
I can tell how far I ought to be going, I know how to get there, all I've got to do is keep playing.
Certainly, as a guitarist, I was aware of descending chromatic lines and arpeggios long before 1968.
The thing about school is that if you're forced into learning stuff, you're not going to be into it.
I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun.
Bass players and drummers are brothers in the basement cooking up the groove that makes people move.
The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.