Mike Scott of The Waterboys

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Buddhism, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 25 February 2014

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This week on The One You Feed we have Mike Scott.Mike Scott is the founding member, lead singer and the lead songwriter of rock band The Waterboys. He has also produced two solo albums, Bring 'em All In and Still Burning. Scott is also a published writer, having released his autobiography, Adventures of a Waterboy, in 2012.We have been big fans of Mike Scott and The Waterboys since 1985 so this was an exciting interview for us. It's a great way to mark our 10th episode. Hope you like it! In This Interview Mike and I discuss...The One You Feed parable.How our choices create who are.What he learned at the spiritual community Findhorn.How to go back and forth from an interior world of peace to the outer world of show business.Sustaining yourself during storms.The critical role of stillness in finding peace of mind.Ellie Goulding's version of How Long Will I Love You.Inner balance.Details about the new Waterboys record.What music he is listening to these days.What Arthur's Day is and why he wrote a satire about it.How we are the authors of our own lives.What the word spiritual means.Mike Scott LinksMike Scott/ Waterboys homepageMike Scott TumblrMike Scott Amazon PageThe Waterboys Amazon PageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	But shit happens to me. I don't blame it on the outside world. So I'm the author of my own fortune whether it be good fortune or misfortune
0:16.0	Welcome to the one you feed
0:18.0	Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have quotes like garbage in garbage out or you are what you think ring true
0:28.0	And yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us we tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy or fear
0:37.0	We see what we don't have instead of what we do we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit
0:43.0	But it's not just about thinking our actions matter it takes conscious, consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living
0:51.0	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction how they feed their good wolf
1:08.0	Hi it's Elvis Durand on my new podcast thinking out loud with Elvis Durand
1:13.0	I'll be bringing you candid and maybe sometimes a little crazy interviews with people from all walks of life
1:18.0	We'll touch on subjects that you just can't talk about on the radio like life love success failure whatever else comes to mind
1:24.0	But all jacked up because after being in this business for as long as I have I want to get to the bottom of what makes people tick
1:30.0	And listen to my new podcast thinking out loud on the iHeartRadio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts
1:39.0	Thanks for joining us today
1:41.0	Our guest this episode is legendary songwriter Mike Scott of the water boys
1:46.0	His career in music began in the 70s continuing to this day with a discography so prolific we can't possibly discuss it in great detail
1:54.0	What we can't say is that we are huge fans of Mike Scott and his music
1:58.0	Here's a snippet of one of his most loved songs followed by the interview
2:12.0	I saw the present
2:27.0	Welcome to the show Mike we're really glad to have you thanks Eric my pleasure
2:31.0	Thank you for being a guest the other thing I want to thank you for is and words will will fall short but
2:38.0	Both myself and my co-host have been really big fans of your music for a long time
2:43.0	And it's meant a lot to me at different points in my life
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