I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.'
— David Bowie Contemporary

Musician, cultural icon

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Interview with Rolling Stone

Date / Period

1976

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-bowie-the-rolling-stone-inte…

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