Be yourself on stage. Nobody else can be you and you have the law of supply and demand covered.
Interpretation
Embrace your uniqueness and authenticity when expressing yourself.
Bill Hicks emphasizes the importance of being true to oneself, especially in public settings like a stage. By encouraging individuals to be authentic, he highlights that one's unique perspective is irreplaceable, and that authenticity creates a demand for the genuine expression of self, which is valued by audiences.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-acceptance.
I'm not into those kind of rivalries. I remember standing out in front of Stratford, minding my own business. Carload of about eighty kids would pull up: 'STRATFORD SUCKS!' Am I supposed to run after these guys? I'd just stand there, you know. They'd back up. 'STRATFORD SUCKS! ...STRATFORD SUCKS!' I'd say, 'I know. I go there. You're wasting gas, man.
I go to dance clubs...about once a year just to justify the other 364 days I spend in my apartment going 'God, what idiots!'
Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally on our planet, serves a thousand different functions, all of them positive. To make marijuana against the law is like saying that God made a mistake.
To make marijuana against the law is like saying God made a big mistake.
What do you say we lighten things up and talk about abortion?
Marijuana grows naturally...Don't you think making nature against the law seems a bit, I don't know, unnatural?
These are hard times. The world hurts. We live in fear and forget to walk with hope. But hope has not forgotten you. So ask it to dinner. It's probably hungry and would appreciate the invitation.
Your way begins at the other side._x000D_ _x000D_ Become the sky._x000D_ _x000D_ Take an axe to the prison wall._x000D_ _x000D_ Escape._x000D_ _x000D_ Walk out like someone suddenly born into color._x000D_ _x000D_ Do it now.
You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
When Kennedy said, 'Let's go to the moon,' we didn't yet have a vehicle that wouldn't kill you on launch. He said we'll land a man on the moon in eight years and bring him back. That was an audacious goal to put forth in front of the American people.
If you inspire one person each day, youβre day hasn't been a waste. Itβs been a blessing.
Sam Phillips always encouraged me to do it my way, to use whatever other influences I wanted, but never to copy...if there hadn't been a Sam Phillips, I might still be working in a cotton field.
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