Narada Michael Walden

I first fell in love with music when I was a little boy. When I first heard music, I felt the beauty in it. Then, being able to tap along on a table top and box was great, but my favorite thing to do was to watch records spin. I would almost get hypnotized by it. These things are what drew me in initially.

American Musician

Gaspar Noe

I went to see some voguing ballrooms and krump battles, and I was hypnotized by their body language. These guys, who are usually very poor, become stars onstage once a month in a ballroom or in a battle.

Argentinian Director

Owen King

A lot of storytelling... you're a bit hypnotized by it, and things just come out in certain ways, and you look at it and try to gather it.

American Author

Lady Gaga

I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

American Singer

Jake LaMotta

I hypnotized myself so in my subconscious, I believed I couldn't get hurt. And I don't mean 'believe' - I mean believe believe believe.

American Athlete

Jon Hopkins

I went to a hypnotherapist and learned how to hypnotize myself and explored orthogenic training, how to relax each part of your body.

English Musician

Keith Barry

I am constantly asked can anyone be hypnotized, and does it really work? Yes, and it does.

Irish Entertainer

Christopher Hitchens

I've proved to be as difficult to convert as I am to hypnotize.

Johnny Lever

In standup, you must be able to hypnotize the audience.

Indian Actor

Elena Anaya

Spanish Actress

Refers to putting someone in a trance-like state, often for therapy or entertainment.

Literal Hypnosis

Hypnotizing involves guiding someone's actions or thoughts by suggestion, not control.

Power of Suggestion

Being hypnotized doesn't mean losing free will; participants can resist suggestions.

Not Mind Control

Used metaphorically to describe someone or something incredibly captivating.

Metaphorical Charm

Doesn't literally make someone unable to stop looking; it's an expressive way to show attraction.

Not Actual Hypnosis

Often an exaggeration; doesn't mean the effect is permanent or supernatural.

Exaggeration in Language

 But our minds are still hypnotized by them, and we have to disenthrall ourselves of some of them. Now, doing this is easier said than done. It's very hard to know, by the way, what it is you take for granted. And the reason is that you take it for granted. Let me ask you something you may take for granted.

Bring on the learning...

 the way things are. And many of our ideas have been formed, not to meet the circumstances of this century, but to cope with the circumstances of previous centuries. But our minds are still hypnotized by them, and we have to disenthrall ourselves of some of them. Now, doing this is easier said than done.

 There's a fish with glowing eyes, pulsating eyes. Some of the colors are designed to hypnotize, these lovely patterns. And then this last one, one of my favorites, this pinwheel design. Just absolutely amazing, every single dive. That's the unknown world, and today we've only explored

Underwater astonishments...

 some some of the colors are designed to hypnotize these lovely patterns and then this last one one of my favorites is pinwheel design just absolutely amazing every single dive that's the unknown world and today we've only explored about three percent three percent of

 know the quick little diagram of it is you're up here and you are pushing it out to the world this method mass marketing requires average ideas because you're going to the masses and plenty of ads what we've done as spammers is trying to hypnotize

The tribes we lead -...

 I'm not going to hypnotize you. But are you starting to see colors in the rings? If so, your eyes are playing tricks on you. The disk was only ever black and white. You see, your eyes don't always capture the world as a video camera would.

Eye vs. camera - Michael...

 But it's OK that even though you're not hypnotized, you will forget everything that happened. On five, four, three, two, one -- open your eyes, wide awake. Give them a round of applause, as they go back to their seats. OK, you can go back.

Brain magic PIPE Keith Barry

 It was a female blue shark, about six feet long. And the instant I saw her, I was both instantly amazed and sort of hypnotized, stunned by that beautiful blue color that they have on their backs, sort of glowed in that afternoon light.

Swimming With Sharks:...

 and you are pushing it out to the world. This method -- mass marketing -- requires average ideas, because you're going to the masses, and plenty of ads. What we've done as spammers is tried to hypnotize everyone into buying our idea,

The tribes we lead PIPE...

 reinterprets "La Di Da Di" on his number one hit called "Hypnotize," which I will play a little bit of and I will play you a little bit of the Slick Rick to show you where they got it from.