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?
What is capable of restoring enthusiasm and confidence, what can encourage the human spirit to rediscover its path, to raise its eyes to the horizon, to dream of a life worthy of its vocation - if not beauty?
They were the reason that he kept faith with his stars, that reinforced him in his belief that the universe had more in store for him than the mug's game of working for a modest salary until he retired or died.
But again and again, we should reflect back to the darkness of the cocoon. In order to inspire ourselves forward, we must look back to see the contrast with the place we came from. You see, we cannot reject the world of the cocoon - which out which we may create a new cocoon. When we see the suffering that occured in the old cocoon, that inspires us to go forward in our journey of warriorship. It is a journey that is unfolding within us.
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.
The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.
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