#idea

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

When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#arrangements #back #combination #composed #few

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#candidates #debate #directly #exchange #facilitate

I had no idea this thing was televised. Boy, is my face red. ↗

— David Letterman

#face #had #i #idea #no idea

I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit. ↗

— Adam Levine

#brand #doing #fragrance #i #idea

When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came. ↗

— Barry Levinson

#american #american family #became #began #break-up

Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and nobody seems to want to tell us. If a disproportionate number of any show's viewers watch in alternative ways, then, under the current system, that show may not appear to be as strong as it actually is. ↗

— Steven Levitan

#alternative #any #appear #current #disproportionate

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#hard #idea #just #know #music

Obama's personality traits, coupled with his extreme-leftist agenda, make him particularly dangerous to the American ideal and to the preservation of our founding principles, as well as to the liberty and prosperity they guarantee. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#american #coupled #dangerous #founding #guarantee

Americans oppose Obamacare because they understand that it is inconsistent with our liberties and our idea of limited government and that it will destroy the best health care system in the world. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#best #care #destroy #government #health