Quotes from Jim Carrey's 2014 Maharishi University Commencement Speech

I love inspirational commencement speeches, and this one by Jim Carrey is awesome.

Here are the quotes from his speech which I thought were most memorable.

Let me know in the comments what you think of the speech, and if you have some favorite quotes that I left out.


Here goes...

"You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love" 

"The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is" 

"To find real peace you have to let the armor go. Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory." 

 "I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself, until someone smarter than myself made me realize, that there is nothing bigger than myself" 

 "My soul is not contained within the limits of my body, my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul" 

 "Our eyes are not viewers, they're also projectors that are running a second story over the picture that we see in front of us all the time. Fear is writing that script, and the working title is 'I'll never be enough'" 

 "Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don't believe in hope, hope is the beggar. Hope walks through the fire, and faith leaps over it." 

"You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world. You will only ever have two choices- love or fear. Choose love, and don't ever let fear turn you against your playful heart"

And by the way, in the video, Jim Carrey reveals a too-big-for-your-home painting that you have to see for yourself. Who knew Jim Carrey was a painter, too?

Jack Johnson - In The Morning Lyrics & Chords

New song from Jack Johnson from "This Warm December Vol.2"
(Listen here)

Verse:
F Gm C Bb-F
Chorus
Bb F Bb F C C

So much love
the kids are laughing in their sleep
swimming through their dreams into the morning
so peaceful all the stories that we're told
lead them through the night back from the shadows
so much joy every little girl and boy
even better when they wake up tomorrow

so much love
in their little missing teeth
gonna miss you till we meet again in the morning
so much peace in their pitter-patter feet
any open eyes can see that minds are reaching
so much joy
I'm afraid to be swept away
upstream there's a spring that brings in the new day

these are the gifts we keep
and this is the morning that we breathe
and then we see
these moments are the only gifts we need

and your crazy curly morning hair
your maka pia pia stare
smiling down from the top of the stairs
you're so sweet
and your robot pictures spread around
I swear your feet don't touch the ground
once it starts it don't slow down
but I don't want it to

and these are the gifts we keep
and this is the morning that we breathe
and then we see
these moments are the only gifts we need

Another Part of Me

I love so many of Michael Jackson's songs, maybe even all of them. Here's a cover of Another Part of Me from the "Bad" album. I remember borrowing that album from my almost-uncle ( he and my aunt later split). But what an album, full of so many chart- topping singles. Every single song is filled with little details, if you listen carefully.

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Kanye West on following your dreams, and dope ass beats.

Just saw this video about rapper Kanye West.

He's been criticized a lot, most notably for interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 VMA's. We all know that wasn't nice.
Anyhow, Kanye is a very talented rapper and producer, and I've enjoyed all of his albums. He brought something new and fresh when he first came out.
I thought some of the things he says in this video clip were worth transcribing, so here goes. And I promise my next post will be more about my own music.

(Selected) Transcript:
There’s nothing that makes me feel better than just the ability to create. And to get paid off  of creating, you know, that’s the dream come true. It’s not even like really work...

...On ”Touch the Sky” I ask  ”I think I died in an accident ’cos this must be heaven”.
To think that, you know, because I’m actually living my dreams...is this the afterlife, is this what they’re talking about?
And there’s ups and downs in a dream, but you got to bring it to fruition, you have to will positive energy into your life, you have to will your way. You can’t let other people control your dreams. When you walk around, that’s your life, everybody is a part of your world. So you make your decisions.
Not to be cliché, you say, you make your bed and you lie in it. That’s why I think I got a bad rep when I first came out. Because I refused to let other people make my bed.

If someone wanted me to wear a throw-back jersey in a shoot, I’d say no.
If someone wanted me to pose in front of a car with rims, I’d say no.
Even it was for the cover of a magazine, I would walk away from it.
Award shows, arguments back stage. No, I’m not singing that part, I’m not doing this part.
’Cos at the end of the day, nobody’s thinking, hey, that production guy, I really didn’t like his idea. They’re gonna be like, man, Kanye had a bad performance.
Just knowing that you reap what you sow, I try my best to sow up some, some Gucci or something :)

On another note, this clip where Kanye explains what a "dope ass beat is" is so funny, watch:

Bill Shannon // RJD2

Take a look at this video



And when you're done, read about Bill Shannon here

And/or watch this tutorial on his technique:



To me, this is a reminder that our limitations might be our biggest force. Don't deprive the world of your genius!

Jack Johnson Lyrics, Tabs & Chords for "You And Your Heart"

Jack Johnson - You And Your Heart
(edit April 3rd 2010: To play this song in the key of the album version put a capo on the 2nd fret)
I'm excited about Jack's new album "To the Sea". It's out on June 1st 2010.
This song is the first single from it.
This is not tabbed after the album version, which I have not heard yet, but after an acoustic version I heard on BBC Radio 2, performed by Jack Johnson and Zach Gill from ALO.
I hope I got the chords mostly right, this is at least a simple way to play the song. The lyrics were somewhat hard to hear, but I think they're about right.
Enjoy! :)

Every chord has 4 beats, except the last part of the chorus where the F and F# chords share two beats each.

Intro tab:

d ---------------------------------------------------

a -14-14-14-14-14-14-12------------------------10-12-

E ----------------------15-13-13-13-13-13-13---------

d ------------------------------------

a --------------8-----------------8---   REPEAT 2 TIMES

E 8-8-8-8-8--12---12-8-8-8-8-8-12---12

Intro: G F C C (each chord has 4 beats)

Verse: G F C C (each chord has 4 beats)

Chorus: F G C F // F C G F-->F#
(Each chord has 4 beats, except the last part of the chorus where the F and F# chords share two beats each.

C-section:
G C x 4 --> D D
G C x 4 --> D D

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LYRICS:
Watch you when you say
What you are and when you blame
Everyone, you broken king
Watch you change the frame or
watch you when you take your aim
at the sum of everything

'cos you and your heart
shouldn't feel so far apart
You can choose what you take
Why you gotta break
and make it feel so hard

(intro)

You lay there in the street
Like broken glass reflecting pieces of the sun
But you're not the flame
You got the people passing by
Because you know what you don't like
It's just so easy
It's just so easy

But you and your heart
Shouldn't feel so far apart
You can choose what you take
Why you gotta break and make it feel so hard

(no F# this time around)

But you and your heart
Shouldn't feel so far apart
You can choose what you take
Why you gotta break and make it feel so hard

Go from the last F into F#, then...

Funky instrumental break:
Chords: G F x 4 then hold D for two bars (8 beats)

TAB:

e-----------------

b-----------------

g------4----------

d--5-5--------2-3- REPEAT 4 times

a-------3-3-3-----

E-----------------

C-section: G C x 4 --> D D
Draw so many lines in the sand
Lost the fingernails on your hands
How you're gonna scratch any backs?
Better hope that time will take our lines away
Take all our lines and...

G C x 4 --> D D
Hope that time will take our lines and
Hope that time will take our lines away
Take all our lines away

End on G


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You And Your Heart

"Run my dear son
We've got to get to the trees
And then keep on going all the way ...
We've got to get right down to the sea"

"Water is the subconscious," says Jack, "and that water for me is the ocean. To get to the sea is being able to dig in and touch things that aren't on the surface. That reference - that ‘we've got to get to the sea' - is about a father leading his son to try to understand himself."
 

There's a new album on the way by Jack Johnson called "To the Sea". First single "You And Your Heart" is going to hit radio on April 6th and the album is due out on June 1st.

Here's a small MTV interview about Jack's influences, and a little preview of the single.

Other than that, there's not much information yet. I have a feeling it's going to be a great album, and I hope a little more uplifting than "Sleep Through the Static".

Read an interview by Entertainment Weekly here:
EW Interview

And read more about the theme of the album here:
Australian Ticketmaster

The Time Is Now

New original on YouTube. Kenli Mattus and I wrote this song, hope you can dig it! :)

Happy 2010!

2010 is here! It’s going to be a great year. I just read my horoscope. Of course I don’t believe in those things, unless it says something really nice, and I think this one did.
It said “Gemini, in 2010 your serious side will come out in full force. You might discover a new professional field that fits you to a T. In view of your enthusiasm for your new profession, you might not have a lot of time for socializing”. I like the sound of that! :)

The ScribbleTunes Facebook Page is approaching 300 fans already. Make sure to sign up there if you’re not already a fan.

Go to scribbletunes.com to hear a snippet of a new song that Kenli Mattus and I are working on at the moment.

Straight Up Paula Abdul

I recently did a cover on YouTube of Paula Abdul's song "Straight Up", a favorite of mine back when it first came out. Another musician on YouTube, Clint Hollinson, added his backing vocals and a band arrangement to my video and I love it! Be sure to visit Clint's channel and subscribe, he has some great songs up. Both covers and originals. And when I say covers, I mean full band covers, which is pretty amazing. Check out his cover of Coldplay's "Politik".

The meaning of lyrics

"Drops of Jupiter" by Train is one of my all-time favorite songs. I remember the first time I heard it. I was in Pasadena, California, and I was watching a top 20 countdown on VH-1. Well, I was mostly just listening while getting ready to go to school. I was enrolled at the LA Music Academy at that time, and classes didn't begin until mid-morning.
The song came on, and I guess halfway through it, I thought "Wow, this is good". Listen to the strings, the piano, the delicious rhythm throughout the song. It's a classic, in my opinion. I came to love the song, bought the album a few days later, and also bought the album that came before that.
I always thought the lyrics were just about some girl the singer liked.  But as you'll discover in this video, the song is really about the singer's mother and how he believes that even though she has passed away, she's still around somewhere- in the atmosphere. Knowing the meaning better makes me love the song even more, it's so beautiful.

ScribbleTunes.com

Yes, it's finally here! ScribbleTunes.com
Still under construction and lots of things to be done there, but I need you to help me! Write me your comments and suggestions. What would you like to see/hear on the website?
Please take a look at it and let me know. There's a contact form on the website.


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Reverb Nation

I set up a site on Reverb Nation today. I'm not so crazy about MySpace anymore, plus today it denied me access because of the browser I'm using. As I can't update my Firefox-browser at the moment, because I have an older OS on my Mac, I've decided to make the move. I'll probably leave my MySpace as it is for now.
Reverb Nation looks really good, and it allows me to make my songs available for download as well as a lot of other interesting features that I'll explore soon.

Have a look at reverbnation.com/scribbletunes

See you there!

New YouTube video - Everything's Okay (original)

Lyrics:


Everything’s Okay

Darkness all day
The sun is hiding its face
caught in a haze
I bet you’ve seen better days

when everything is in your mind
you learn to live like you were blind

shout it out baby
don’t make yourself crazy
I am here to
Make it better
I know it’s not funny
When it’s not sunny
Keep your faith
Everything’s okay

Just yesterday
You found it hard to get away
Come out and play
I know God loves you that way

when everything is in your mind
you learn to live like you were blind

shout it out baby
don’t make yourself crazy
I am here to
Make it better
I know it’s not funny
When it’s not sunny
Keep your faith
Everything’s okay

BRIDGE

Chorus x 2

Does it get any better than this?

Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs



LYRICS

(C. Stepney - R. Rudolph)

Will somebody wear me to the fair?
Will a lady pin me in her hair?
Will a child find me by a stream?
Kiss my petals and weave me through a dream.

For all of these simple things and much more a flower was born
It blooms to spread love and joy faith and hope to people
forlorn

Inside every man lives the seed of a flower
If he looks within he finds beauty and power

Ring all the bells sing and tell the people that be everywhere
that the flower has come
Light up the sky with your prayers of gladness and rejoice for
the darkness is gone
Throw off your fears let your heart beat freely at the sign that
a new time is born

Michael Bublé interview

Something in this interview spoke to me.

Robert Francis

Through Jason Mraz' newsletter I just discovered this new artist, Robert Francis, I'm falling in love with his voice. He's very authentic and rustic sounding. At first he reminded me of Jakob Dylan, others compare him to Bob Dylan and Neil Young. At one point Robert gave up guitar, then got some lessons from John Frusciante, nice!
Check out his MySpace and also the video below.

Song of the morning

Ooh, isn't this nice?

Brooke Waggoner - Heal For the Honey

Michael Jackson - This Is It (cover)

Lyrics and chords below