“I'm not one of those guys that has a great worldview. I kind of deal w...” — David Bowie Quote

I'm not one of those guys that has a great worldview. I kind of deal with terror and fear and isolation and abandonment.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls.

Now I realize that from '72 through to about '76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn't have been more rock star.

The Americans at heart are a pure and noble people; things to them are in black and white. It's either 'rawk' or it's not. We Brits putter around in the grey area.

I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It's absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I'm okay. It's like I'm out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me.

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.