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John Legend quotes: I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria. I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.
John Legend quotes: I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet. I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet.
John Legend quotes: Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something? Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?
John Legend quotes: I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that. I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that.
John Legend quotes: Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress. Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress.
John Legend quotes: Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections
John Legend quotes: I hear melodies and hooks all day. I've always been that way, since I was a kid. I hear melodies and hooks all day. I've always been that way, since I was a kid.
John Legend quotes: The weirdest thing about Hillary Clinton's email 'scandal' is finding out some of our senators still don't use email. The weirdest thing about Hillary Clinton's email 'scandal' is finding out some of our senators still don't use email.
John Legend quotes: You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter. You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.
John Legend quotes: We should care about what is going on in the world. We should care about what is going on in the world.
John Legend quotes: I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes. I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.
John Legend quotes: My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years. My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.
John Legend quotes: I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6. I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.
John Legend quotes: 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. 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 quotes: John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name. John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.
John Legend quotes: I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize. I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize.
John Legend quotes: I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.
John Legend quotes: I don't think I'm craving any more fame. But success and being recognized for making great work all around the world, I think it's a great thing. I don't think I'm craving any more fame. But success and being recognized for making great work all around the world, I think it's a great thing.
John Legend quotes: The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire. The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire.
John Legend quotes: Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics. Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.
John Legend quotes: But in my mind I've always been a solo artist- I've just been working with a lot of great people like Kanye and Alicia Keys and Jay-Z. But in my mind I've always been a solo artist- I've just been working with a lot of great people like Kanye and Alicia Keys and Jay-Z.
John Legend quotes: I never went through a period where I didn't want to play music. I've always loved it and it's always been a huge part of my life. I never went through a period where I didn't want to play music. I've always loved it and it's always been a huge part of my life.
John Legend quotes: I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences. I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences.
John Legend quotes: Music wasn't forced on me [in my childhood]. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've never stopped playing music. Music wasn't forced on me [in my childhood]. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've never stopped playing music.
John Legend quotes: We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go. We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.
John Legend quotes: Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist. Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.
John Legend quotes: There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850. There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.
John Legend quotes: The future started yesterday, and we're already late. The future started yesterday, and we're already late.
John Legend quotes: The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
John Legend quotes: You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons. You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.
John Legend quotes: I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting. I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.
John Legend quotes: If a few people decide not to buy my album it's really not going to change my life that much. If a few people decide not to buy my album it's really not going to change my life that much.
John Legend quotes: 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 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 quotes: I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom, I take pictures everywhere I go, but I don't think I can top that one. I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom, I take pictures everywhere I go, but I don't think I can top that one.
John Legend quotes: I want to move people. I want to move people.
John Legend quotes: It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live. It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.
John Legend quotes: Sometimes I just think people are haters. And if they're haters, you can listen to what they have to say but you have to take it with a grain of Sometimes I just think people are haters. And if they're haters, you can listen to what they have to say but you have to take it with a grain of salt.
John Legend quotes: Experience is a great teacher. Experience is a great teacher.
John Legend quotes: The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life. The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life.
John Legend quotes: I played classical as a kid. I played classical as a kid.
John Legend quotes: The struggle for freedom and justice is now. The struggle for freedom and justice is now.
John Legend quotes: I feel like my job is to make impact, spread love, tell great stories, inspire people, that's what I am going to do. I feel like my job is to make impact, spread love, tell great stories, inspire people, that's what I am going to do.
John Legend quotes: To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you. To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.
John Legend quotes: Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist. Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.
John Legend quotes: I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night. I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.
John Legend quotes: I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it. I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.
John Legend quotes: I'm craving more soul, I'm craving more truth, I'm craving more socially - just people that are aware of what's going on in the world. I'm craving more soul, I'm craving more truth, I'm craving more socially - just people that are aware of what's going on in the world.
John Legend quotes: Fleeting joy and fading ecstasy, here it goes again, oh,Sneaking fruit from the forbidden tree, sweet taste of sin Fleeting joy and fading ecstasy, here it goes again, oh,
Sneaking fruit from the forbidden tree, sweet taste of sin
John Legend quotes: There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song. There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.
John Legend quotes: Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure. Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.
John Legend quotes: In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music. In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
John Legend quotes: The fun part about collaborating is that you naturally just bounce off each other's energy and learn off each other. The fun part about collaborating is that you naturally just bounce off each other's energy and learn off each other.
John Legend quotes: Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music. Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music.
John Legend quotes: I just want it to be timeless and timely at the same time. I just want it to be timeless and timely at the same time.
John Legend quotes: London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting. London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting.
John Legend quotes: I know when things feel a little, like, intrusive and when they don't. I don't have a lot to hide. But I do sometimes think, don't share everything. I know when things feel a little, like, intrusive and when they don't. I don't have a lot to hide. But I do sometimes think, don't share everything.
John Legend quotes: I was in an a cappella group in school, so it particularly helped me keep my piano chops up. I was in an a cappella group in school, so it particularly helped me keep my piano chops up.
John Legend quotes: At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that. At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.
John Legend quotes: I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way. I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.
John Legend quotes: My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998. My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998.
John Legend quotes: We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique. We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.
John Legend quotes: As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change. As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.
John Legend quotes: I'm pretty adventurous with food, so I'm not afraid to try anything. I'm pretty adventurous with food, so I'm not afraid to try anything.
John Legend quotes: It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard. It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.
John Legend quotes: For me I'm actually doing what I normally do when I do my solo thing and the other thing is actually more new to me. For me I'm actually doing what I normally do when I do my solo thing and the other thing is actually more new to me.
John Legend quotes: My head's under water but I'm breathing fine My head's under water but I'm breathing fine
John Legend quotes: Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them. Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.
John Legend quotes: When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that. When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.
John Legend quotes: I do speak to kids a lot. I am very clear with them that not all of them should aspire to be me and not all of them should be I do speak to kids a lot. I am very clear with them that not all of them should aspire to be me and not all of them should be aspire to be LeBron.
John Legend quotes: I gravitate toward people that are a little more outrageous than I am. And we complement each other well. I gravitate toward people that are a little more outrageous than I am. And we complement each other well.
John Legend quotes: There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works. There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.
John Legend quotes: As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth. As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth.
John Legend quotes: I don't actually go to a lot of games because I think football on TV is better. Even though I'm pretty busy, I watch 90 percent of Ohio State's games. I don't actually go to a lot of games because I think football on TV is better. Even though I'm pretty busy, I watch 90 percent of Ohio State's games.
John Legend quotes: Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people. Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.
John Legend quotes: Musicians are in-season all the time. Musicians are in-season all the time.
John Legend quotes: We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had. We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had.
John Legend quotes: I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other. I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.
John Legend quotes: I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups. I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.
John Legend quotes: The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

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