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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
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John Legend
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 28
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Witnessing the extreme poverty in remote parts of Affrica can make you feel sad and powerless until you realize how little it takes to change these people's lives fundamentally in sustainable ways.
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Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying to be famous as a singer. It's not for everyone.
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If a few people decide not to buy my album it's really not going to change my life that much.
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The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education
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We should care about what is going on in the world.
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People see me as pretty low key in a lot of ways. And for me, like, even choosing to be John Legend and to be who I am as a star, as an artist, it's a risk 'cause I - you know, I graduated from college and worked as a management consultant, and I could have had this very kind of buttoned-up life and worn suits to work every day.
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I'm pretty adventurous with food, so I'm not afraid to try anything.
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I think the most important thing is that I'm making music that the people enjoy. So the fans, the people that are out there listening to music and consuming music, I want them to enjoy it and love it. And so that's more important to me than Grammys.
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Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.
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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.
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My head’s under water but I’m breathing fine
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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.
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I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that.
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I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.
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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.
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I played classical as a kid.
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I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.
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I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.
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Musicians are in-season all the time.
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I've always followed politics, and I think politics is everybody's business because we're electing someone who's going to be making important decisions that will affect all of our lives.
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