"He came to my Blue Note club night in London a few times when it was very underground and he could be left alone. Then he'd come to the studio, where he'd sing through a haze of cigarette smoke like a gorilla in the mist, or I'd take him to see Dillinja in Brixton to hear drum'n'bass, or we'd spend time in his trailer on the Isle of Man set for the film Everybody Loves Sunshine and he'd sit there doing crochet."
"His thinking was that of an alchemist he wanted to saturate himself in everything because he knew that inspiration could come from anywhere. He once said to me: Golds, did you know Michelangelo said that when you blow the dust off a piece of marble, the sculpture's there inside? That thought stayed with me. I hope the archive has some of his interviews, especially this one where he talks about DJ culture, the internet and what it's going to mean: everyone having access to music."
David Bowie frequented an underground Blue Note club in London and participated in studio sessions, often singing through cigarette smoke. He attended drum'n'bass events in Brixton and spent quiet moments crocheting while on film sets. Bowie sought to saturate himself in varied influences, believing inspiration could come from anywhere. He referenced Michelangelo's metaphor about revealing a sculpture by blowing dust off marble. He anticipated cultural shifts from widespread internet access to music, warning that the change could be alluring yet harmful, likening it to a velvet claw. Museum visits revealed intimate material insights into creative figures.
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