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The world remembers David Bowie

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David Bowie’s music transcended genre, and some might say the Earth and time itself. While words will never do his music, life, and art, the justice it so richly deserves, there are plenty of kind tributes and remembrances being shared on social media. Here are but a few:

David Bowie, (January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016)

I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating In a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today

— Ben Frost (@ethermachines) January 11, 2016

Bowie was a gender anarchist who brightened a path for me and many many others.

— THE BLACK MADONNA (@blackmadonnachi) January 11, 2016

bowie was beyond human. he taught us all how to lose ourselves a little bit, to reach up with open fists to heavens unknown.

— ZOLA JESUS (@ZOLAJESUS) January 11, 2016

It's kind of impossible to quantify the importance of #DavidBowie to our culture and music.… https://t.co/UT2oxkyGkg

— Laverne Cox (@Lavernecox) January 11, 2016

Lemmy, Boulez and Bowie. Honestly, tomorrow the sun could burn out and it would have to take a number and get in line.

— bakedtapes (@bakedtapes) January 11, 2016

"My stepfather looks Just like David Bowie but he hates David Bowie I think Bowie's cool I think Lodger rules, my stepdad's a fool"

— Les Savy Fav (@lessavyfav) January 11, 2016

In 1982, David Bowie called out MTV on-air about the lack of music videos by black artists. #RIPDavidBowie pic.twitter.com/kjPgnf8ThV

— Alida (@honeynoir) January 11, 2016

RIP David Bowie .. Blessings . #LetsDance https://t.co/EdOgBhvlxv

— Wu Tang Clan (@WuTangClan) January 11, 2016

we lost the best musician of the 20th century and i lost a friend. goodbye, david. i will always love you.

— moby XⓋX (@thelittleidiot) January 11, 2016

As John & I had very few friends, we felt David was as close as family. Sweet memories will stay with us forever. pic.twitter.com/WoZsztnm4E

— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) January 11, 2016

David Bowie set the standard for interracial relationships. He didn't only see past physical differences. He loved and celebrated Iman.

— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) January 11, 2016

So sad to hear David Bowie has passed. Impossible to overstate his legacy and the influence he had on so many musicians including us.

— The National (@The_National) January 11, 2016

No worse way to wake up then finding out one of the few unquestionable geniuses has died. RIP David Bowie.

— Chris Gethard (@ChrisGethard) January 11, 2016

David Bowie was one of my most important inspirations, so fearless, so creative, he gave us magic for a lifetime.

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 11, 2016

What a goddamned beautiful uncompromising life, a body of work that covers so much ground with such depth and grace.

— jes skolnik (@modernistwitch) January 11, 2016

RIP to a true legend. David Bowie. Pictured here with Joey and Dee Dee Ramone in 1978. Photo: Bob Gruen. #DavidBowie pic.twitter.com/4d0gcNyKBr

— CBGB (@CBGBofficial) January 11, 2016

If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie.

— Anonymous (@GroupAnon) January 11, 2016

I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring" #DavidBowie #RIPDavidBowie #DianaVreeland pic.twitter.com/jE8tQs5rHs

— Diana Vreeland (@dvDianaVreeland) January 11, 2016

Coinciding his last album with his death might be Bowie's most remarkable accomplishment. Really makes you think he is beyond this world.

— Derek Evers (@derekevers) January 11, 2016

Brian Eno on Bowie's death. pic.twitter.com/wlyaRCMmTv

— EIS Radio (@EIS_Radio) January 11, 2016

Just so happened to walk by #DavidBowie's SoHo apartment. Candles and flowers in tribute. pic.twitter.com/MbqqBKkfD5

— Lauren Peikoff (@laurenpeikoff) January 11, 2016

“No, I'm not too driven by the idea of what people are going to think of me when I'm dead.” – #DavidBowie (1990) https://t.co/JBxkWq2YEM

— Luciano Vandyar (@LucaVanCharli) January 11, 2016

"Look up here, I'm in heaven / I've got scars, that can't be seen" Goodbye, Starman. https://t.co/Stf2B1DdMc

— Asthmatic Kitty (@asthmatickitty) January 11, 2016