#tag

After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll. ↗

— Rick James

#crazy #fourth #i #james #july

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ↗

— William James

#advantage #better #character #concrete #entirely

I've been on the road for four years. I won't recognise the place again, until I walk out on stage. ↗

— Louise Jameson

#been #four #i #out #place

More live recording. I have missed the boat over my career by not doing every second or third CD live because things happen onstage that don't happen in the studio. ↗

— Al Jarreau

#boat #career #cd #doing #every

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#censor #difference #each #office #opinion

I'm having fun opening up. Sort of struggling to get the audience into it. It's good. It makes you fight. Not fight like antagonistic. But fight for what you believe. ↗

— Joan Jett

#audience #believe #fight #fun #get

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing. ↗

— Joan Jett

#because #butterflies #complacent #good #good thing

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status. ↗

— Ma Jian

#china #confirmation #entrance #grand #new

We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#alternative #biodiesel #corn #development #ethanol

China is a developing country with a huge population, and also a developing country in a crucial stage of reform. In this context, China still faces many challenges in economic and social development. And a lot still needs to be done in China, in terms of human rights. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#challenges #china #context #country #crucial