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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.
John Legend
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John Legend
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 28
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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.
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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.
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There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.
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Music, to me, if it's good, it's good. That's all that matters.
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The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education
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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 hear melodies and hooks all day. I've always been that way, since I was a kid.
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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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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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All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place
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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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I gravitate toward people that are a little more outrageous than I am. And we complement each other well.
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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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A just society is not one built on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don't even know.
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Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.
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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?
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That's the evergreen nature of a great song. They can be resurrected. They can be covered. They can find new relevance due to changing circumstances in history.
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