Wavy Gravy
Wavy Gravy
Wavy Gravyis an American entertainer and activist for peace, best known for his hippie appearance, personality and countercultural beliefs. His moniker was given to him by B.B. King at the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969. "It's worked pretty well through my life," he says, "except with telephone operators – I have to say 'Gravy, first initial W.'"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth15 May 1936
CountryUnited States of America
whales television documentaries
Well, this week for example, I was just in Los Angeles making a documentary for German television on whales. They had tried to get me in England where they missed me.
morning mind breakfast
Good morning! What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand.
life-is ecstasy
I am in total ecstasy with where my life is now.
essence soul done
Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul.
brother shoes suits
A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit.
pain cheer kids
I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.
creativity humor play
Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.
choices second-choice
Death was Patrick Henry's second choice.
laughter pressure ceilings
Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life.
poop
you aren't what you eat - you are what you don't poop.
moving home heart
Anywhere I hang my heart is home... it's just the closet that keeps moving.
doe
Put your good where it does the most.
running should-have cities
I was at the 1976 Republican Convention in Kansas City. I was running 'Nobody for President' at the time. I printed up these press releases and handed them out to the crowd at the Kemper Arena. 'Nobody keeps campaign promises.' 'Nobody lowers your taxes.' 'Nobody should have that much power.' 'Nobody is in Washington working for you.'
happiness laughter laughing
Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.