As a young man in the early 1960s he trained in music composition at Howard University in Washington DC, specialising in piano, but standup comedy also became an outlet: "It helped to balance the playing field when I was around bullies, and I liked the power it seemed to have to get someone to relax and become this soft, open, warmhearted person".
Ten or 15 years ago Father's Day cards were more traditional, but today there is a far more easygoing relationship between fathers and children - Dad isn't a person you are in awe of any more, he's someone you relax with".
Yet once they realize they can trust someone, they relax and turn good natured and good humored.
Telling someone to relax comes across as disrespectful, blaming and dismissive.
For someone so relaxed, he certainly sounds at odds with much of this album; even the warm, enveloping production, primarily by ID Labs, doesn't loosen up his stiff flow at all.
Leavitt asked "How can we tell whether someone has relaxed or imagined something, or just thinks that he or she has imagined it?" In regards to the possibility of a placebo trial, Leavitt commented "I cannot conceive of how we could put someone in a situation where he thinks he has imagined something while we know that he has not".
Amid the gorgeous open-aired theater, beneath a clear sky, under the moon and stars, it was as if the universe itself was smiling down on Berkeley as Armstrong asked, "Boys and girls, boys and boys, girls and girls, aren't we all entitled to a family?" Continuing with the lazy drawl of someone completely relaxed and at peace with the world, he stated, "Civil rights baby.
If someone offends you, Relax and ignore the person or if it is serious report the person stating what he/she did wrong.
Despite its reputation for "taking the edge off," don't expect a beer to relax someone who is struggling with an anxiety or panic disorder.
