Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can change. After all it changes constantly and incessantly, it's just the perceptions that we have are governed by people with self-interest and are not inalignment with the health and safety of us as individuals or as a planet.
Russell BrandPeople don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.
Russell BrandI do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.
Russell BrandIt would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost cliched Robin Askwith thing.
Russell BrandI'm a recovering drug addict, so it's not a subject that I take lightly, but I do agree that the criminalization of narcotics is the deliberate inhibition of human consciousness.
Russell BrandWhat was so painful about Amyโs death is that I know that there is something I could have done. I could have passed on to her the solution that was freely given to me. Donโt pick up a drink or drug, one day at a time. It sounds so simple; it actually is simple but it isnโt easy; it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.
Russell Brand