23 November 2011

The Fraud Police

Amanda Palmer is a musician that I follow. While some don't really like her music, I feel that I must share this with you. She was invited to speak at a graduation and this is what she shared with them.

If you ever question yourself and what the fuck you're doing, you will benefit from this video.

"The Fraud Police" - AFP's Commencement Speech to NEIA's Class of 2011 from Amanda Palmer on Vimeo.


Here's the transcript if you want to read along: http://bit.ly/AFPsGradSpeech


"The fraud police are this imaginary, terrifying force of experts and real grown-ups who don't exist and who come knocking on your door at 3am when you least expect it, saying "fraud police. we've been watching you and we have evidence that you have no idea what you are doing. and you stand accused of the crime of completely making shit up as you go along. you do not actually deserve your job and we're taking everything away. and we're telling everybody."

2 comments:

  1. this was SO good! i absolutely loved the reference to the neurosurgeon. and she's so right about artists & musicians being important to the world. thanks for sharing!

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  2. Enjoyed this. You gots to be confident I think.

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