Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Marc Bolan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician Marc Bolan.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of T. Rex.

I feel there is a curse on rock stars.
There is so little time for us all; I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many people as possible.
I just dig dancing. — © Marc Bolan
I just dig dancing.
I am the 'Cosmic Dancer' who dances his way out of the womb and into the tomb on 'Electric Warrior.' I'm not frightened to get up there and groove about in front of six million people on TV because it doesn't look cool. That's the way I would do it at home.
I honestly feel it could all end tomorrow. Not just the band thing - I mean life.
I personally believe that I was... a previous life or something... a previous reincarnation, a bard of some sort, because most of the things I write about are descriptions of places I've never been to.
I mean, I am my own fantasy.
There is so little time for us all, I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many people as possible. Time passes so slowly if you are unaware of it and so quickly if you are aware of it.
I've always been a wriggler. I just dig dancing.
If God were to appear in my room, obviously I would be in awe, but I don't think I would be humble. I might cry, but I think he would dig me like crazy.
I don't like telephones.
My head is perfectly clean inside.
Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.
I think I am a child. Everything blows my mind.
I tend to play a lot of blues things at home, because most blues things are basically within a 12-bar pattern.
All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.
I'm serious about the music, but I'm not serious about the fantasy. It's no big deal being on TV!
The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal.
I want fun now, life is here to enjoy, not to complicate and make difficult.
I live my life with a sense of urgency that most people cant comprehend.
Its like if you take acid, it burns out brain cells and they dont regrow. Rock is like that-it has killed beautiful people musically, physically and mentally.
Book after book, I get hooked, every time the writer talks to me like a friend.
A lot of people don't know about music, but buy records. A lot of people that know about music can't afford to buy records. — © Marc Bolan
A lot of people don't know about music, but buy records. A lot of people that know about music can't afford to buy records.
With my Les Paul, I know I'm small. But I enjoy living anyway.
Time passes so slowly if you are unaware of it and so quickly if you are aware of it.
Sometimes I get a funny feeling inside me that I shan't be here very long, and I'm not talking in terms of things like success. It frightens me sometimes
Our lives are merely trees of possibilities.
We have a very good head thing but we don't make love.
Some people think because I wear makeup that I am gay. But one thing has nothing to do with the other.
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