And then again; maybe not.
Bowie showed an interest in Buddhism that began in 1967. He frequently studied in London under the Tibetan Lama Chime Rinpoche before becoming a solo artist. During a 2001 interview, Bowie claimed that "after a few months of study, he told me, 'You don't want to be Buddhist ... You should follow music.'"[225] Bowie later wrote the song "Silly Boy Blue" in tribute to Rinpoche on his 1967 album David Bowie. Bowie also became a student of the crazy wisdom Tulku Chögyam Trungpa.[226]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie#Religion
Sounds like Pete Townshend’s “The Seeker” could have applied to Bowie.