Without David Bowie, popular music as we know it pretty much wouldn't exist.

- Moby

As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly.

- Tibor Fischer

I was looking at people like Jim Morrison and David Bowie and Mick Jagger and I thought, Ah! I want to look like them.

- Tommy Hilfiger

I listen to a lot of old music, like Joni Mitchell and David Bowie.

- Sophie McShera

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

- Scott Weiland

David Bowie was awesome the easiest, coolest interview I have ever done.

- Rachel Perry

I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.

- Mick Rock

I once went through the dustbin outside David Bowie's house.

- Matthew Bourne

Harper Lee was my David Bowie, and I feel her loss in my bones.

- Margaret Stohl

Bowie's been a huge influence on me.

- Adam Lambert

The extremes of who I'd love to be onstage are David Bowie, Prince, and, I don't know, Bjork.

- Miguel

If David Bowie wants, I'll put him in my phone book.

- Mads Mikkelsen

David Bowie is such a big influence to me. Everything about him as a person is intriguing to me.

- Leona Lewis

How I love David Bowie.

- Lady Gaga

The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2.

- Kelly Jones

As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie.

- Iman

David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver.

- Hedi Slimane