Dey Street Books

Like so many vital figures in British pop history, from Pete Townshend to Paul Weller, Bowie came from a blurry region of British society that encompasses the educated working class, the socially precarious petite bourgeoisie and what could be called the uncomfortably-off middle class, i.e. professional or office workers whose income didn’t quite match their aspirations.

Actors can duck and dive a bit—they constantly re-create themselves. All they can do is play the role of a monster. But nobody does monster like a rock star.”

I ate little, but ingested a critically unfair amount of chemicals.”