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I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary. ↗

— John Legend

#cold #commentary #focus #football #football games

There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the answers and react to them and ask follow-ups. Do your homework, prepare. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#ask #homework #interview #listen #matters

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

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

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure. ↗

— John Legend

#authenticity #finding #life #pure #real

The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life. ↗

— John Legend

#important #important thing #into #life #most

Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them. ↗

— John Legend

#i #like #little #little bit #songs

Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. ↗

— John Legend

#biographies #bit #booker #civil #civil rights

I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe. ↗

— John Leguizamo

#allowed #breathe #films #i #i love

The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#been #death #double #iraq #marines