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

John Legend

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John Legend
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 28
Actor
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I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.
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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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Music, to me, if it's good, it's good. That's all that matters.
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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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I always felt that rap didn't cause crime it just reflected it.
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