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

John Legend

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John Legend
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 28
Actor
Film Actor
Keyboardist
Musician
Pianist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
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Every artist wants some sort of feedback, because you make this music and you hope people love it and you want to hear if they love it and what they love about it, what their favorite song is, what they think the next single should be. I like to hear those things.
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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 want you to live the best life you can. You can be world-changers. .. Pursue this life of love with focus and passion and ambition and courage. Give it your all. And that will be your path to true success.
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Artists in general never stay in the same place, we keep growing. It's still you, you still have that core that you always had, but you work with new people and hear new things.
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Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.
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I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.
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If I collaborate with people, ideas...they take interesting turns and twists, and I'm excited for that and that process and excited to see what we come up with.
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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.
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As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.
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If you want the film [La La Land ] to represent all things jazz, it does not. You'll be disappointed by that. But, if you just see it as one guy's point of view, one filmmaker's point of view, and one story among many stories that can be told about jazz, then it's not as much of an issue.
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The struggle for freedom and justice is now.
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When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that, or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.
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I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.
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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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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.
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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.
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Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.
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Musicians are in-season all the time.
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My head’s under water but I’m breathing fine
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I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.
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