I regret that I didnโt realize that actually theyโve got no power over you at school โ itโs all just a trick to indoctrinate you into being a conditioned, tame, placid citizen. Rebel, children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory.
Russell BrandThus another friendship was dashed on the cruel rocks amid the storm of my self-destruction.
Russell BrandHave you considered that the Bible, like all religious doctrine, may be allegorical and symbolic, to direct us toward one holy entity of love, as opposed to a simplistic litiginous text to direct the behavior of human beings?
Russell BrandI'm quite a neurotic thinker, quite an adrenalized person. But after meditation, I felt this beautiful serenity and selfless connection.
Russell BrandMy mate Karl once told me heโd been looking after this five-year-old boy who โ not knowing enough to have an ironic inflection to his words โ said, โI want something.โ He didnโt know what it was. Not โI want sweetsโ, or โa can of Cokeโ, or โto watch the Tweeniesโ, or whatever it is theyโre into now (I like Bagpuss), but โI want something.โ All of us, I think, have that feeling. And what heroin does when you first start taking it is tell you what that something is.
Russell Brand