#because

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about. ↗

— John Legend

#because #bunch #come #first #hook

My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that's just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#because #exception #for the people #free #friends

Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#enjoy #going #heart #i #i think

I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere where things could happen and the subject wasn't just looking back at you. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#back #because #claustrophobic #could #felt

Just be your authentic self because there's nothing sexier or more beautiful than that. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#authentic self #beautiful #because #just #just be

I feel I've always got to keep my stand-up because I never want to lose it. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#because #feel #got #i #i feel

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#because #courage #i #i think #just

I've seen too many comics who got their own shows and were undone because they worked for an executive producer who didn't understand their comedy or their sensibility. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#comedy #comics #executive #executive producer #got

My kind of gay, meeting a woman and falling in love, is a different experience because it wasn't anything about 'Oh, I've always been gay and I'm breaking the chains.' ↗

— Carol Leifer

#always #anything #because #been #breaking

Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#being #being famous #change #famous #gives