“People wonder why there seems to be no meaning in life. Meaning does not exist a priori. There is no meaning existing in life; one has to create it. Only if you create it will you discover it. It has to be invented first. It is not lying there like a rock, it has to be created like a song. It is not a thing, it is significance that you bring through your consciousness.” PeopleIfsFirstsDoeSeemsMotivationalLyingSongConsciousnessWonderRocksMeaning Of LifeSignificanceMeaning LifeLife Means Author:Rajneesh
“Our earliest poets were shamans. Today, as in the earliest times, true shamans are poets of consciousness who know the power of song and story to teach and to heal.” KnowsStoriesTodayPoetrySongConsciousnessTeachPoetHeal Author:Robert Moss
“The modern world has created airports and hospitals and put 10,000 songs in our pocket. It has built gleaming buildings and computers and advances and innovations that blow our minds. But we have soul, and spirit, and consciousness, and the modern world hasn't done so well at helping us name and understand what it means to be thriving and fully alive with a full heart.” WorldMindWellsHeartMeanSoulDoneHelpingSpiritSongNamesConsciousnessAliveModernBuildingComputerBuiltInnovationBlowPocketsHospitalsAirportsModern WorldFull Hearts Author:Rob Bell
“I can't predict what songs will do to the collective consciousness.” I CanSongConsciousnessCollectivesCollective Consciousness Author:Jason Mraz
“I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what it meant to change the way I played guitar, and the kind of songs, and the subject matter, and singing about child abuse, and all this stuff. I had to come from somewhere, and I had to take chances to do that.” WayKindChildrenMatterSongStuffChanceConsciousnessSubjectsSingingAbuseGuitarHeavyAlternativesEvolveMetalsChild AbuseTake A ChanceSubject MatterHeavy Metal Author:Billy Corgan
“When it comes to songs and music, yeah, people love to sing and dance and play music and tunes, and that stream of consciousness that exists in music, nobody knows where that comes from.” PeopleKnowsPlaySongConsciousnessYeahStreamsTunesNobody KnowsStream Of Consciousness Author:Wynton Marsalis
“I've never quite felt totally comfortable up on stage. I've gotten more comfortable, but drinking wine is a crutch that gives me a little courage. It helps me lose a little bit of the self-consciousness and the awareness of how awkward it is standing on a stage with lights and a bunch of people looking at you while you sing love songs.” PeopleGivingLittlesSelfHelpingLightSongFeltBitsLosesConsciousnessStageAwarenessComfortableLittle BitStandingGive MeWineDrinkingBunchHelp MeAwkwardNever QuitSelf ConsciousnessCrutchesDrinking Wine Author:Matt Berninger
“What I don't like is taking it to extremes and making all these intellectualizations about what basically is simple music. It's simple stream-of-consciousness stuff in my songs. What I'm trying to get across is misinterpreted.” TryingSongStuffSimpleConsciousnessExtremesStreamsStream Of ConsciousnessMisinterpreted Author:Van Morrison
“Most of the time I don't even talk about any direct lineage of songs, because I feel like it just chains them down into my own consciousness, and the whole fun of them is being able to live in others' consciousness.” FeelsWholeAbleSongFunMy OwnConsciousnessDirectChainsLineage Author:Regina Spektor
“I think I write a lot, but it's always a continuous stream of consciousness, I guess. It's a mechanic. It's a discipline and it's a way to have supplies for the songs to come.” ThinkingWritingSongConsciousnessDisciplineMechanic Author:Olivia Merilahti