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I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means i actually took the business of doing them seriously. to take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.

-Leon Redbone

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I Think Of These Things As Obstacles

Leon Redbone

I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means i actually took the business of doing them seriously. to take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.

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Someone's killed 100,000 people. we're almost going, "well done! you killed 100,000 people? you must get up very early in the morning! i can't even get down the gym. your diary must look odd: 'get up in the morning, death, death, death, death, death, death, death - lunch - death, death, death - afternoon tea - death, death, death - quick shower ...' "

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. but they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go. science is all metaphor. in the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. you perform it. if aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show. if you don't like what you are doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove. if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.

If the white man can come here uneducated and as an immigrant, and within 10 or 15 years set up an industry that provides job opportunities and educational opportunities for black people, then if the black man, the black leadership, who has access to all of this money and has all of these degrees today, can't use his talent and his know-how to set up business opportunities, job opportunities, housing opportunities for the black people the same as the white leaders have done for white people, then these black leaders need to get off the boat.

I'm a recording artist who's traveled around the world so i have different opportunities than other people and people may decide how i should use my opportunities because my opportunities are public whereas i can't decide how people should use their opportunities because their opportunities are private. that's what we're dealing with - people feeling like they should be able to control celebrities.

Take your job seriously, but don't take their complaints personally. if you take it personally you'll get upset and lose your edge. if you take it too personally, you'll lose your edge and your job. if you take it seriously -- it's you with them. if you take it personally, it's you against them. what steps can you take to ensure keeping your cool?

My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.

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