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The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire.
John Legend
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John Legend
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 28
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The struggle for freedom and justice is now.
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J. Ivy is a brilliant man with an incredible voice and a way with words. I've known him for over a decade and owe my stage name to him believing in me back then before I even had a record deal. I'm excited for him to share his truth with the world.
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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
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
Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.
John Legend
I think it's hard to really write a song that will educate someone because songs are meant to be ... you don't want to be too didactic in a song because it doesn't make for good music. And I think the role of songs can be to inspire people but there needs to education and prose to back that up.
John Legend
I've felt like my last name put pressure on me as an artist. If you're going to call yourself Legend, you'd better make some good-ass music.
John Legend
Experience is a great teacher.
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
We're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's difficult for people to persist through that.
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
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'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
I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.
John Legend
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education
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
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
I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that.
John Legend
I'm pretty adventurous with food, so I'm not afraid to try anything.
John Legend
I do believe that part of us ending racism is us seeing each other's humanity and learning to love each other, even if we look different or worship differently or live differently.
John Legend
