Everybody's free (to wear sunscreen).

Sometimes wisdom comes from places where we didn’t really expect to find it. It’s almost as if a burst of inspiration can reach out and touch an artist, even if they aren’t known for doing anything particularly “serious”.

One of my favorite examples of this is, “Everybody’s free (to wear sunscreen)”. It’s a short moment that has life lessons, and entrepreneurial lessons, that are simply exceptional.

So take 5 minutes to listen and appreciate it, together with some links to startup-related thoughts it inspires in me.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind,
You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth
Until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back
At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now
How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future.
Or worry, but know that worrying
Is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.
The real troubles in your life
Are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind
The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.
Don't waste your time on jealousy.
Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind,
The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults,
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life,
The most interesting people I know
Didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives.
Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium,
Be kind to your knees,
You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't,
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken'
On your 75th wedding anniversary.
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much,
Or berate yourself either
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can
Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room.
Read the directions even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good,
Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past
And the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go
But a precious few, you should hold on
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle
For the older you get
The more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard,
Live in northern California once but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old.
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you,
Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse,
But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair,
Or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past
From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts,
And recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.