Michael Stipe (John Michael Stipe) Quotes
I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open.
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A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.
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It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.
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When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.
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The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
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Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
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I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.
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It's always weird when you see a movie, and there's no reason for someone to, like, jump on stage and be a singer, and then they just do that... But if it came organically, I would grab that mike and jump on stage for sure.
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Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all.
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Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day.
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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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Well, as you know, I'm really only happy when I'm on stage.
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I've been on stage since I was eight.
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The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a child. But my grown-up initiation was as part of that band.
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I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.
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There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.
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I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.
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I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we've all heard about before.
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When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.
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If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm.
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A very sea of thought; neither calm nor clear, if you will, yet wherein the toughest pearl-diver may dive to his utmost depth, and return not only with sea-wreck but with true orients.
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I think most politicians think most musicians are drug addicts or ‘not an exemplary part of society, so why should they worry about putting in legislation to help that industry when they can help another industry? So, I don’t think there’s a way out, the worst thing that ever happened was the invention of the CD, because a CD is an exact copy of a master recording!
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I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open.
