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David Bowie

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.

David Bowie

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David Bowie is saying that music is not the most important or central part of his life. He values other creative activities like theatre and mime just as much as music.

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