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David Bowie has admitted that drugs ruled his life for a period of his career and he wishes he listened to the people that told him to stay away from illegal subtances as an 18-year-old.
Now 66, the pop icon has just released his first single for ten years in the form of 'Where Are We Now?' which will be followed by eagerly awaited album The Next Day.
Speaking to The Sun, Bowie said: "Best advice, which I wish I had known at 18? Don’t do drugs."
"I was told that before I took them, when I took them and afterwards. Every time, that advice was right."
He added: "Drugs had taken my life away from me. I felt as though I would probably die and it was going to be all over. My assistant, Coco, got me out of it. Thanks to her, I got myself out of America to Berlin."
David Bowie regrets taking drugs as an 18-year-old
Bowie also revealed that although he had some awful gig experiences as a young performer, he always knew that he would find success even from a young age.
The singer continued: "I remember one London gig in which I played to a group of skinheads, who just threw burning cigarettes at me. I thought: ‘That’s it. My career is over.’ Yet I still thought I could change rock ’n’ roll."
"I had a burning, over-riding feeling that, one day, it would happen for me. I cannot say now I had any doubts about it."
Bowie's 30th studio album, The Next Day is due to be released on Monday, 11 March 2013.
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