Quote

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.

John Legend

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John Legend
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 28
Actor
Film Actor
Keyboardist
Musician
Pianist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Springfield
Ohio
John Roger Stephens
John Stephens
Great
Mind
Always
Like
Alicia
People
Solo
Keys
Working
Artist

More quotes by John Legend

Image
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.
John Legend
Image
I guess a lot of times pressure is put on something after it becomes big.
John Legend
Image
Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.
John Legend
Image
I gravitate toward people that are a little more outrageous than I am. And we complement each other well.
John Legend
Image
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.
John Legend
Image
As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.
John Legend
Image
I know when things feel a little, like, intrusive and when they don't. I don't have a lot to hide. But I do sometimes think, don't share everything.
John Legend
Image
I played classical as a kid.
John Legend
Image
I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.
John Legend
Image
I hear melodies and hooks all day. I've always been that way, since I was a kid.
John Legend
Image
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.
John Legend
Image
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education
John Legend
Image
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.
John Legend
Image
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.
John Legend
Image
All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place
John Legend
Image
In terms of the technology I use the most, it's probably a tie between my Blackberry and my MacBook Pro laptop. That's how I communicate with the rest of the world and how I handle all the business I have to handle.
John Legend
Image
My head’s under water but I’m breathing fine
John Legend
Image
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.
John Legend
Image
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.
John Legend
Image
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
John Legend