Stage Quotes
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Writers love to write those idiotic, long stage directions, and some of them worse than others. They have nothing to do with the movie. They're just jerking around.
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When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know, like oiled up a bit. It's still a little bit stiff until you really thrashed at it for a few weeks.
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We've been around long enough that there have certainly been people at every stage of our career telling us about one or another record being influential to their lives in one way or another. It's always nice to hear that stuff.
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It's still fresh in my mind. It wasn't that long ago that we were playing for a championship in 2000. It was an exciting event, an exciting time. For us to play on a stage like that, it was definitely a dream come true. It felt like we belonged there.
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Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.
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I'm really just expressing myself in every different stage of my life.
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I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable on stage, so a large portion of my act did come from ad-libs.
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It's always a risky business inviting somebody on stage. You never know what they're going to do. I try to avoid letting people join me onstage because it can be very distracting, and overly theatrical.
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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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You can stand on a stage in New York City and make very strong statements, but now everyone has to be held accountable equally.
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I'm not really comfortable singing without accompanying myself on stage - I'm not used to it.
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When I get on stage, Beyonce is my alter ego. The way that she's Beyonce in real life and then Sasha Fierce on stage, I'm Normani in real life, and then I pretend to be Beyonce on stage. I just love that she's constantly reinventing herself but stays true to who she is as a person - and she wears so many hats in her life.
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People don't want to see the guy next door on the stage, they want to see a being from another planet. You want to see somebody you'd never meet in ordinary life.
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I think with the live shows it's giving you that opportunity to do something on stage that you don't normally do.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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Fitness is a huge part of my life. It always has been, and hopefully always will be! You have to have a level of fitness to be able to rap and jump around on stage anyway.
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I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.
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There's always going to be an element of pressure when you walk on the stage.
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But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.
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I have a message to send to my fans. Thank you for giving us excessive love. We always gather up together and wonder. What should we do to show a better stage to our fans. What event would be good. We’re preparing to show a bit to the fans. Although I don’t know how to express everything in words, I’m really thankful and I’ll work harder to show a better side! Thank you.
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It's not enough to make time for your children. There are certain stages in their lives when you have to give them the time when they want it. You can't run your family like a company. It doesn't work.
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I try to get on stage whenever I can. I'm always trying to be involved in the theater, doing something on stage, whenever I have downtime. I'm always looking for it.
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It's basically taking a 911 call, bringing them on stage and dealing with it just like when I was a Chicago policeman for 12 years. I personally become involved. Where Jerry lets people tell their story and lets everything happen on stage, I kind of go after the bad guy and protect the little guy.
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Do you know what it took for Balanchine to put me, a black man, on stage with a white woman? This was 1957, before civil rights. He showed me how to take her [holding her delicately by the wrist]. He said, ‘put your hand on top.’ The skin colors were part of the choreography. He saw what was going to happen in the world and put it on stage.
