David Bowie
Born: 8 January 1947 Brixton, London, England
Died: 10 January 2016 (aged 69) Manhattan, New York, United States
Biography: David Robert Jones was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, painter, and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, and was considered by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft significantly impacted popular music. During his lifetime, he sold an estimated 140 million records worldwide. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and in the US received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it´s like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You´d better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that´s really the only unique situation that´s going to be left.
