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I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.
John Legend
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John Legend
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 28
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I think it's a bit of a myth that black Americans need one leader. We're not a monolith. And now that legal segregation and discrimination has been pretty much abolished there isn't the sort of universal mandate that a black leader would have. Black folks live in a wide variety of social situations right now.
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