John Legend quotes

John Legend is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer renowned for his soulful voice and heartfelt compositions. His work has earned him numerous awards, including an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony, achieving EGOT status. He continues to inspire audiences worldwide with his music and social activism. Here are 45 of his quotes:

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure. (John Legend)
Experience is a great teacher. View quote
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At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that. View quote
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I'm craving more soul, I'm craving more truth, I'm craving more socially - just people that are aware of what's going on in the world. View quote
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When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that. View quote
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It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard. View quote
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As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth. View quote
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I want to move people. View quote
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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. View quote
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Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist. View quote
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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)
In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete. View quote
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When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later. View quote
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As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change. View quote
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I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes. View quote
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My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998. View quote
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I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences. View quote
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London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting. View quote
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Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears. View quote
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Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. View quote
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I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that. (John Legend)
Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them. View quote
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You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons. View quote
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I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. View quote
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I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that. View quote
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Occupation: American Musician
Born: December 28, 1978
Quotes count: 45