Baz Luhrmann
Miscellaneous
Everybody Is Free (to Wear Sunscreen)
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Baz Luhrmann - Everybody Is Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
*Spoken By Lee Perry??*
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ?9...
Wear Sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas
the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience
I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand
the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years
youâll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you canât grasp now how
much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
Youâre not as fat as you imagine.
Donât worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying
is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your
worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Donât be reckless with other peopleâs hearts, donât put up with people who
are reckless with yours.
Floss
Donât waste your time on jealousy; sometimes youâre ahead, sometimes youâre behind
the race is long, and in the end, itâs only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing
this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Donât feel guilty if you donât know what you want to do with your life
the most interesting people I know didnât know at 22 what they wanted to do with
their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds know still donât.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, youâll miss them when theyâre gone.
Maybe youâll marry, maybe you wonât, maybe youâll have children,
maybe you wonât, maybe youâll divorce at 40, maybe youâll dance the funky chicken
on your 75th wedding anniversary.
What ever you do, donât congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either
your choices are half chance, so are everybody elseâs. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can donât be afraid of it, or what other people think of it,
itâs the greatest instrument youâll ever own..
Danceâ¦even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you donât follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when theyâll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and
the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get,
the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard;
live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander,
you too will get old, and when you do youâll fantasize that when you were
young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their
elders.
Respect your elders.
Donât expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Donât mess too much with your hair, or by the time itâs 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past
from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling
it for more than itâs worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen...
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Quindon Tarver
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Everybody's free, everybody's free, everybody's free
Everybody's free, everybody's free, to feel good, to feel good
Brother and sister together will make it through oh, huh yeah
Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting ,but i've been waiting to be there for you
And I'll be there, just helping you out whenever I can
Everybody's free ohh yea yeah
Oh Every ho yeah
Oh to feel good
Ohh to feel good*
(** chorus :
Everybody's free, everybody's free
Everybody's free, everybody's free, everybody's free, to feel good)
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- Something For Everybody
- Miscellaneous
- Non-Album Releases
- CMJ New Music Monthly, Volume 56: April 1998
- Absolute Music 21
- Absolute Music 31
- Now That’s What I Call Music! 43
- Now That’s What I Call Music! 26
- Promo Only: Mainstream Radio, April 1999
- Now That’s What I Call Music! 2
- The Best Dance Album in the World... Ever! Part 9