#mer

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge. ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #demand #exports #finally #huge

Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#american #american consumers #benefit #compliance #consumers

People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#enjoy #i #i do #meat #our

The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#consumer #goal #protection #relations #science

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands. ↗

— David Johansen

#commercial #enterprises #i #most #those

Music is my love and to me acting is more mercenary. I don't pound the pavements for roles: if it happens, it happens. I hate that auditioning thing. ↗

— David Johansen

#auditioning #happens #hate #i #love

All over the world copyright holders are trying to limit consumers' rights. We cannot have that. ↗

— Jon Johansen

#consumers #copyright #holders #limit #over

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. ↗

— Elton John

#craft #did #hard #hard work #learn

I thought that maybe it is not so much, as he seems to think, that the world loses interest in female performers after they hit a certain age, than the performers lose interest in the world. ↗

— Lara St. John

#age #certain #certain age #female #hit

Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways. ↗

— Lara St. John

#canadians #cards #contained #difficult #fact