John Legend Quotes
Top 79 wise famous quotes and sayings by John Legend
John Legend Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from John Legend on Wise Famous 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.
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?
I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that.
The weirdest thing about Hillary Clinton's email 'scandal' is finding out some of our senators still don't use email.
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.
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 is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.
I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.
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.
Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.
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.
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'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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life.
I feel like my job is to make impact, spread love, tell great stories, inspire people, that's what I am going to do.
To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.
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.
Fleeting joy and fading ecstasy, here it goes again, oh,
Sneaking fruit from the forbidden tree, sweet taste of sin
Sneaking fruit from the forbidden tree, sweet taste of sin
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
The fun part about collaborating is that you naturally just bounce off each other's energy and learn off each other.
Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music.
London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting.
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.
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.
I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.
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.
We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.
As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.
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.
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.
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.
I gravitate toward people that are a little more outrageous than I am. And we complement each other well.
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.
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.