Ask a rock star to deliver a commencement speech, and you’re bound to be in for a few surprises.
Graduates of Rutgers-Camden got a performance they certainly won’t forget any time soon, though the wild hair and tight pants of Bon Jovi’s younger days were nowhere in evidence during his performance of “Start Your Own Revolution.”
Here’s a small snippet of his speech as well to his fellow New Jersey-ites from TIME:
Look — you, me — we are New Jersey. Here it’s all about we: in this state, we can’t even pump gas by ourselves.
And here in this state, we’ve got the parkway, we’ve got the turnpike. we’ve got mile markers. Here, people say, “What exit are you from?”
Your diploma is a mile marker. It’s a measurement of how far you’ve come, but it doesn’t say a thing about how far you can go.
Your diploma is an anointment / a calling / a charge, to use the talents you’ve nurtured and the knowledge you’ve gained here — to make a contribution.
Class is over, learning isn’t. Your diploma is a key — to open doors of possibility not only for yourselves, but for others.
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