Marlon James
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Pearl Jam, they could stay.
And I felt really, I actually did feel pure.
I felt pure, I felt cleansed.
I walked with my head held high.
I really actually did feel better.
And then the demons came back.
Lust and the thoughts of sins and Jake Gyllenhaal naked.
But something was different because one of the musicians I did not throw away was David Bowie.
And David Bowie has a song called Rock and Roll Suicide.
And the really magical thing about that song is everything you hate about yourself when that song starts becomes everything you love about yourself when that song ends.
And I realized something.
Demons can't possess you, they influence you.
Demons don't need you to believe.
Do I believe in them?
I did believe in them at a time.
In the same way I believe that Gabriel Garcia Marquez's realism is no magic, it's real.
And something else was different.
I think, yeah, sure, maybe there are demons, but maybe you have a chemical imbalance.