All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
David BowieRead
Nothing prepared me for your smile
Interpretation
A smile can have a profound impact on emotions and relationships.
David Bowie's quote 'Nothing prepared me for your smile' reflects the unexpected and powerful effect that a loved one's smile can have on a person. It suggests that a smile is not just a simple gesture but can evoke deep feelings of joy and connection, surpassing any prior experiences or expectations.
In practice
During a wedding toast, one could say, 'Nothing prepared me for your smile' to emphasize the joy of love.
All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.
I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together. In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side.
What the world needs is not 'a little bit of love', but a surgical operation.
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.
Ah, it was a fine night, a warm night, a wine-drinking night, a moony night, and a night to hug your girl and talk and spit and be heavengoing.
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