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As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren't rooting for me, they aren't out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it. ↗


— John Legend


#day #deal #downfall #every #every day

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change. ↗


— John Legend


#black #boy #change #did #leaders

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

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not. ↗


— Sean Lennon


#bleak #everything #feel #feels #i

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them. ↗


— Hugh Leonard


#our #punished #said #sins #somebody






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