I interviewed Suzanne Vega, who told me how to write a catchy song, for The One-Page Magazine in this week’s New York Times Magazine:
My catchiest is probably “Tom’s Diner.” Just walking down Broadway, the rhythm of it, I’ll get a melody stuck in my head. There’s a flow to the street. I find that if a melody gets stuck in my head, it’s likely to get stuck in the heads of many other people too.
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I interviewed U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun, who told me how to rebrand yourself, for The One-Page Magazine in this week’s New York Times Magazine:
At the Calgary Olympics in ’88, we reached a low point and won only six medals. It caused people to say, “Gee, maybe the U.S.O.C. is trying to be too many things.” Since then, we have increased our focus on Americans winning medals, both Olympic and Paralympic, and decreased our focus on, really, everything else.
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I interviewed the tennis player Jimmy Connors, who told me how to stay on your toes, for The One-Page Magazine in this week’s New York Times Magazine:
Hang in there, work at it, try to be a part of it, take it in stride and see what happens. It’s a metaphor to make sure that whatever business you’re in, you’re as prepared as possible. My footwork, I think, was one of my strengths. You can’t take that lightly. You still have to make sure it’s there when it’s called upon.
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I interviewed Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis, who told me how to make a name for yourself, for The One-Page Magazine in this week’s New York Times Magazine:
Being part of the Reagan family is part of who I am, but it’s not the entirety of who I am. What I realized with the publishing world is that I had been put into this box. Very simply, I couldn’t get my fiction published. The moment that I decided to self-publish with Amazon, I felt like I had breathing room in my career.
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I interviewed Burt Bacharach, who told me how to break through a creative block, for The One-Page Magazine in this week’s New York Times Magazine:
When I’m stuck with musicians in the studio and don’t know what’s wrong, I will break and go into a stall in the men’s room. I will sit on the toilet seat. Nobody talks to me there, and I get no advice from any musician. I work it through in my head, and four out of four times, I come out a winner.
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