“I'm always very interested in playing in front of different kinds of audiences. It always affects the way you play.” Quote by James Dean Bradfield
“I've never really been interested in replicating the record in live performance, because I'd just get bored. When I was young I used to go and see bands and, even if it was my favorite band, I'd get bored after twenty minutes.” IfsYoungUsedRecordsMinutesBandPerformancesTwentiesMy FavoriteBoredLive PerformanceFavorite Bands Author:James Dean Bradfield
“I set myself a rule before I actually write a tune to the lyrics, and the rule is that I've got to take the lyrics on to a level of understanding before I can actually write music to them. What I'm doing is interpretation. If I don't write the lyrics, therefore I must interpret them to the best of my ability. So my rule is that I must understand it, but I don't necessarily have to accept.” IfsWritingI CanUnderstandingAbilityLevelsAcceptingTunesInterpretation Author:James Dean Bradfield
“I never write a tune before the lyrics. I get the lyrics and then I write around them. Some people write music and the lyrics come along and they say, 'Oh yeah, I've got something to fit that.' If that's the way people write songs, I feel like you might as well just go to the supermarket.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsWritingWellsMightSongLike YouFitYeahTunesSupermarkets Author:James Dean Bradfield
“I think it's good that opportunity, like circumstances, can really affect what you do and you have no control over it.” ThinkingOpportunityCircumstancesOver It Author:James Dean Bradfield
“Politicians refuse to modernize schools, they cut out midnight basketball, but build all these new jails. First class jails, second class schools. This is zero tolerance.” FirstsSchoolClassCuttingPoliticianBasketballRefuseToleranceJailZeroMidnightFirst ClassZero Tolerance Author:Jesse Jackson
“When we take out school psychologists, truant officers, counselors, art, music, and athletics, and bring in the police, the school gets turned into a feeder system for the penal system.” ArtSchoolPoliceOfficersPsychologistAthleticsCounselorArt Music Author:Jesse Jackson
“It is crucial to have inspiring leaders who deliver on their promises. Cynicism has run deep, because many people think their vote does not matter or do vote and nothing happens.” PeopleThinkingDoeMatterHappensRunningLeaderPromiseVoteThings HappenCrucialCynicismInspiring Leader Author:Jesse Jackson
“You cannot have a diplomatic offensive without talking.” TalkingOffensiveDiplomatic Author:Jesse Jackson
“The US must be the honest broker between the Israelis and the Palestinians. America needs to be to both of them what neither could be to the other: a trusted brokering partner. It is in their interest and our interest for America to play that role.” NeedsPlayAmericaInterestRolesHonestPartnersTrustedPalestinianBrokers Author:Jesse Jackson
“I think Hamas should be challenged to consider really embracing Gandhi and Dr. Kings philosophy of advocating nonviolence as a way to achieve self determination, end occupation, achieve unity within their country, and gain allies within Israel. I think this idea of an eye for and eye, a rocket for a bomb, will never bring about peace for either side.” ThinkingWayShouldIdeasEndsSelfCountryPhilosophyEyeSidesAchieveKingsGainsDeterminationUnityIsraelBombsOccupationAlliesSelf DeterminationNonviolenceDrsRocketsAdvocatingHamas Author:Jesse Jackson