In this episode of the Get Loved Up Podcast, Koya Webb welcomes Moby, musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who has sold more than 20 million records worldwide. Moby shares his journey towards veganism and the lasting realization that animals are to be cared for, not hurt and killed. Moby also gets vulnerable by talking about the pains of his past and how he is grateful for the person he is today, partly because of all the horrible things that happened in the past. This means he has accepted that it is through adversity that people learn the most. In his life experience, he tells the audience to get rid of the shame and simply communicate to others. You might be surprised to know that it doesn’t surprise anyone and that talking about it is the path to healing. Moby also shares the deep insight he has on music as a spiritual expression. He does not need to understand what spirit is, but what he knows is that music has the ability to move people even though all music is air moving a little differently. He shares much more, such as his thoughts on spirituality and how he has accepted that he doesn't know what the divine really is, but that it doesn't stop him from pursuing it honestly. He also touches on the dilution of spiritual expression by social media, the proliferation of hate due to algorithms, and the publishing of his cookbook.
Moby is a musician, entrepreneur, activist, and philanthropist who is informally known as “the godfather of veganism.” His album Play sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. He’s released fourteen solo albums in total.
A serial side hustler, Moby opened the vegan restaurant Teany in New York City in 2002 and is the original owner of Little Pine, a unique, contemporary vegan restaurant in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Amazon Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Pine-Cookbook-Plant-Based-Comfort/dp/0593087364
HIGHLIGHTS
02:41 Realizing the disconnect with loving animals and eating them
06:16 A humble pursuit of spirit or divinity without understanding it
09:20 Moby's tattoos are a declaration of his veganism and animal rights activism
11:00 Moby's restaurants represent veganism through the power of attraction
13:52 Music: Spiritual expression and getting diluted as soundtracks to Tiktok
22:25 Social media gives people a way to not deal with the human condition
26:31 The horrible things in life taught much more than the good things
34:39 Grateful for the adversity and getting rid of shame to heal
40:05 Be your honest self to empower others to look at themselves honestly
42:14 Honesty and vulnerability: Do more of what works, do less of what doesn't
45:56 Publishing The Little Pine Cookbook: Modern Plant-Based Comfort
QUOTES
03:00 "When I was 19, I had the realization that it was simply inconsistent to love animals and engage in a process that caused their suffering and deaths. So I went vegetarian when I was 19 in 1984, and then a few years later in 1987, finally went vegan."
06:52 "If I had to describe my spiritual beliefs in a very succinct, simple way, it would be the third step of Alcoholics Anonymous, and what I mean by that is the third step of Alcoholics Anonymous says turn our life and our will over to the care of God as we understood God."
16:57 "This is why music is such a phenomenal form of spiritual expression because it's air molecules moving a little bit differently, but in that process, it can make us cry, it can make us laugh, it can make us dance, it can make us travel across the country to jump up and down in a field with a bunch of other people."
28:43 "The terrible stuff, it's given me this sort of appreciation because... I've learned more from struggle and from bad things than I have from good things. So I don't like the struggle, I don't like the bad things, but they're so educational."
36:21 "Get rid of any concept of shame because one of the things I learned in sobriety is whatever I was ashamed of, everyone else has done and is doing... Trust me, everybody's doing the exact same thing."
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