"I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star. I always felt a little bit out of my element"
- David Bowie on June 3, 1987
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Watch the previous episodes:
Gene Wilder on The Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUW2POEjX4
John Lennon on Love
http://youtu.be/DmvmnYEy9NY
Johnny Cash on The Gospel
http://youtu.be/ALGi0tcFCcw
Heath Ledger on Role Playing
http://youtu.be/qDRUzbAa6lI
Tupac on Life and Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x2FqX2YZws
Kurt Cobain on Identity
http://youtu.be/C1Z2BkZaOQc
Janis Joplin on Rejection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdF4b1_LQnQ
Barry White on Making Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJIlqjYGkw
Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvtgqJTVVhE
Carol Burnett on Finding Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aixlc1DJZiE
Grace Kelly on JFK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5EOuppHoTM
Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power
http://youtu.be/8Eskff0RUQ8
Beastie Boys on Being Stupid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4mx2P...
David Foster Wallace on Ambition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5R8gd...
Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLiVn...
Larry King on Getting Seduced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yD8Pz...
Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhszZ5...
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Music
David Bowie
"Ziggy Stardust"
"Moonage Daydream"
"Lady Stardust"
Photos
Adam Bielawski
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
CBS Television
LIFE/Google
Video
Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture, Parlophone
David Bowie "Life on Mars" Video, EMI
Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC
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