David Bowie Quotes About Fathers

Quotes about: Fathers

• My mother was a housewife. Both from - well, my father was from a farming family, agricultural family in the north of England. And my mother came from a very working class.

  David Bowie

  Mother, Father, Class

  "David Bowie On The Ziggy Stardust Years: 'We Were Creating The 21st Century In 1971'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. 2002.

• My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler he was called by his second name Zowie. But it was such an identifiable name during the Seventies that if I called him loudly in public places, everyone would turn to stare, so I started calling him Joey to take the pressure off. It has the same sound and number of syllables as Zowie. And Joe stuck for most of his childhood. Now he has reverted to his real name, Duncan. Haywood was my father's name.

  David Bowie

  Father, Real, Son

  Source: us.hellomagazine.com

• There were lots of nightly relationships. But the reason you don't want to make a commitment is not that you're such a freewheeling, adventurous person, it's because you're scared shitless that it will turn out like your mother and father.

  David Bowie

  Mother, Father, Commitment

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I have a very strong paternal streak. I'm a born father...I get such enjoyment out of being with children. Now they are enjoyable little things. They really are. I like their kind of humor. You can stuff all your punk bands, give me three children instead.

  David Bowie

  Strong, Children, Father

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I could never, ever talk to my father. I really loved him, but we couldn't talk about anything together. There was this really British thing that being even remotely emotional was absolutely verboten.

  David Bowie

  Father, Emotional, Together

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity.

  David Bowie

  Children, Father, Home

  "David Bowie On The Ziggy Stardust Years: 'We Were Creating The 21st Century In 1971'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. 2002.

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