At 69, David Bowie Names His 6 FAVOURITE Rock Albums of All Time He never lived in one skin. He didn’t follow eras - he invented them. David Bowie was not searching for identity. He was proving that identity could be art. Every time the world caught up, he changed shape again. Ziggy. The Thin White Duke. A Berlin ghost. He wasn’t afraid to disappear, because he knew that’s how legends breathe. To Bowie, the mask was never disguise. It was revelation. He once said, "I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring." That was his prophecy - and his curse. For over five decades, Bowie treated music like a mirror in motion. Glam, soul, electronic, noise - they weren’t genres, they were disguises for the truth.