“Admittedly or not, conscious or unconscious, the poetic state, a transcendent experience of life, is what the public is fundamentally seeking through love, crime, drugs, war, or insurrection.” WarStatesLife IsPoetryCrimeDrugConsciousSeekingUnconsciousPoeticTranscendentWar On DrugsInsurrection Book:The Theater and Its Double Source: The Theater and Its Double
“I've always found drugs and alcohol somewhat pedestrian. It's like, I don't need an external agent to open my mind. I'm here, conscious, alert, present. Why would I alter that?” NeedsMindFoundDrugConsciousAlcoholAgentsDrugs And AlcoholPedestrians Author:Jimmy Buffett
“You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of 'The Source' advocating Jesus Christ or Buddha or Hindu Krishna or Moses. As a conscious rap artist, you have to play in the arena that you're supposed to be in. What is that arena? That arena is the college market. The conscious rap artist woos the college market, even though the college market is the wildest, most sexed-out, drug-driven market in the country, possibly the world.” WorldCountryPlayArtistJesusChristCollegeSourceDrugConsciousJesus ChristRapDrivenSupposed To BeArenaMosesCritiqueKrishnaAdvocatingMtvRap ArtistConscious Rap Author:KRS-One
“I do lots of other drugs but I smoke pot maybe 5-10 times a year now. I used to smoke it all the time, but I don't, and I haven't for awhile. That's just because it makes me - and I'm not saying this about everybody else - but it makes me kind of dumb and self-conscious.” YearsKindSelfUsedHavensDrugConsciousSmokeDumbPotSelf Conscious Author:David Cross
“Actually, social drug-taking went kind of low-key for a couple of years. Probably because of AIDS, people got very conscious of their health. But it seems to be making a comeback. Just the other night I was at a party where people kept disappearing into the bathroom every few minutes. I'm glad I did all that in my 20s and that I'm done with it. And that I wrote about it in Postcards from the Edge.” PeopleYearsKindDoneSeemsNightSocialPartyMinutesKeysCoupleDrugLowsConsciousEdgesDisappearAidsGladBathroomComebackPostcardsLow KeyDrug Taking Author:Carrie Fisher
“I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.” WantedConsciousnessDrugConsciousUnnecessaryHallucinogenic Drugs Author:Fran Lebowitz