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John Legend
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 28
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We should care about what is going on in the world.
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I don't really marinate in anybody's album because I don't really want to sound like anybody else when I put my album out. So I'd rather not even be tempted to listen to a bunch of other stuff with any degree of emersion in it, cause I just don't want to sound like anything else, so I kinda focus on my own music.
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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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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.
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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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I think people relate to the music because I have a sense of empathy, and I think I have a good understanding about relationships, and I talk about them in a real, honest way
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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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Kind of the critical acclaim of this movie [La La Land] is that it's striking a chord with the public in a way that has been really beautiful and powerful.
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As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth.
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No matter how big or successful and famous you become, if you do that, that's the most fulfilling thing, is making music that you love and that you're proud of.
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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 don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.
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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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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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I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.
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I always felt that rap didn't cause crime it just reflected it.
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I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom, I take pictures everywhere I go, but I don't think I can top that one.
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The weirdest thing about Hillary Clinton's email 'scandal' is finding out some of our senators still don't use email.
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I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.
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I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.
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