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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

John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name. ↗

— John Legend

#friends #grew #into #john #kind

John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing. ↗

— John Legend

#calling #cos #i #john #legend

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music. ↗

— John Legend

#always #am #as far as #background #choices

Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears. ↗

— John Legend

#come #crowd #energy #me #moment

People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else. It's not something I'm going to worry about, I'm sorry. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#anything #else #get #going #i

I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#asking #asking questions #expert #how #i

On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through all this sort of gray stuff out there. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#daily #daily basis #from time to time #gray #helping

Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#hesitate #i #know #me #out

I figure I wrote 37 songs in 20 years, and that's not exactly a full-time job. It wasn't that I was writing and writing and writing and quit. Every now and then I wrote something, and every now and then I didn't. The second just outnumbered the first. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#exactly #figure #first #full-time #full-time job