English - Musician | February 22, 1950 -
Humanity is a virus.
Genesis P-Orridge
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I was born in Manchester, England.
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With Thobbing Gristle, that era from '75 to '81 was a period when the politics of the time demanded anger and rage.
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There's always a way to say something that could seem really commonplace and make it special again.
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Even if the world outside is destroying itself and fragmented and paranoid and fearful, the job of the artist is to embrace and hold people and say, 'It's OK, be safe here.'
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My father gave me a copy of 'Seven Years in Tibet,' and that's what turned me on to Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism.
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Why is there no cure for cancer? Because the medical industry doesn't want one! And the pharmaceutical industry doesn't want one! Because they would lose too much money!
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Things don't happen in a vacuum, and artists don't make work in a vacuum.
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Once you're looking for wisdom, you have to look at why things happen and why people behave how they do: you cannot, in all conscience, accept any form of prejudice.
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We all fall into biological and mental habits. It's an easy way for us to navigate day-to-day work and life, but it also doesn't do us any favours in terms of growing into wisdom, growing into a greater understanding of each other, growing into a deeper relationship - all the things that we really crave.
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Imagination should always be treasured, even when it's slightly off-key.
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You have an absolute right to translate poetry in any form with any sound. It's all up for grabs.
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