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I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria. — John Legend

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

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

I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that. — John Legend

Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress. — John Legend

Can no one imagine an incompetent Legend? — John Steakley

Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections — John Legend

I hear melodies and hooks all day. I've always been that way, since I was a kid. — John Legend

The weirdest thing about Hillary Clinton's email 'scandal' is finding out some of our senators still don't use email. — John Legend

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

John Legend is a cool guy. He likes to chill, is easy to talk to and hang out with. He's also inspiring on a musical level. — Estelle

We should care about what is going on in the world. — John Legend

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes. — John Legend

If the ravens leave the Tower, Britain will fall. — John Owen Theobald

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years. — John Legend

I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6. — John Legend

The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful — John Legend

The future started yesterday, and we're already late. — John Legend

The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP. — John Hersey

The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire. — John Legend

We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go. — John Legend

John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name. — John Legend

I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize. — John Legend

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

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

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics. — John Legend

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

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

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

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

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

Experience is a great teacher. — John Legend

It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard. — John Legend

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

Even when the facts are available, most people seem to prefer the legend, and refuse to believe the truth when it in any way dislodges the myth. — John Mason Brown

The struggle for freedom and justice is now. — John Legend

Or thou might'st better listen to the wind, Whose language is to thee a barren noise, Though it blows legend-laden through the trees. — John Keats

I played classical as a kid. — John Legend

I want John Legend to sing at my wedding. — Sloane Stephens

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

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

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

It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live. — John Legend

I want to move people. — John Legend

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

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

Storytellers seldom let facts get in the way of perpetuating a legend, although a few facts add seasoning and make the legend more believable. — John H. Alexander

If a few people decide not to buy my album it's really not going to change my life that much. — John Legend

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting. — John Legend

The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.' — John Wooden

I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night. — John Legend

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it. — John Legend

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

Fleeting joy and fading ecstasy, here it goes again, oh,
Sneaking fruit from the forbidden tree, sweet taste of sin — John Legend

There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song. — John Legend

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

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music. — John Legend

The fun part about collaborating is that you naturally just bounce off each other's energy and learn off each other. — John Legend

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist. — John Legend

I just want it to be timeless and timely at the same time. — John Legend

Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music. — John Legend

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

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

I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on. — Ben E. King

I was in an a cappella group in school, so it particularly helped me keep my piano chops up. — John Legend

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

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

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

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique. — John Legend

Remember no one expects you to be Halt. He's a legend, after all. Haven't you heard? He's eight feet tall and kills bears with his bare hands ... — John Flanagan

I gravitate toward people that are a little more outrageous than I am. And we complement each other well. — John Legend

There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850. — John Legend

There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works. — John Legend

I'm pretty adventurous with food, so I'm not afraid to try anything. — John Legend

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

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

My head's under water but I'm breathing fine — John Legend

Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them. — John Legend

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

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

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist. — John Legend

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

As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth. — John Legend

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

Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people. — John Legend

Musicians are in-season all the time. — John Legend

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

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other. — John Legend

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

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education — John Legend