I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress.
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[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
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The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
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The politicians already in office don’t want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.
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Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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I’m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
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Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
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Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
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