It's absolutely worth reading or listening to the whole thing, but one thing that actually took me by surprise was:
BOWIE: Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do. As I say, I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well. But I really do rather want to move on because I think it's rather a waste of time endlessly singing the same songs every night for a year. And it's just not what I want to do. What I like doing is writing and recording and much more on the - I guess, on that creative level. It's fun interpreting songs and all that, but I wouldn't like it as a living.
Taking it out of context does not do the comment justice, and if you're not as joyless as Lou Reed during an encore (or, for the love of God, during an interview), you should go ahead and listen to or read the whole thing.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/25/1195632580/david-bowie-the-fr...