John Legend Quotes - Page 5

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• In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

  John Legend

  Artist, Judging, Legends

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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.

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  Stars, People, The End Of The Day

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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.

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  Artist, Singers, Working With Others

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• I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

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  Musician, Feels

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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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  Fun, Hearing, Listening To Music

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• 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.

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  Moving, People, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.

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  Men, Legends, Fronts

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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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  Girlfriend, Giving, Giver

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• I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

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  Kings, Silly, School

  Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. November 23, 2006.

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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.

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  Technology, Ties, Use

  "John Legend: 'A personal flying machine would be great'". Interview with Stuart O'Connor, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2010.

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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.

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  Piano, Track, Legends

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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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  Artist, People, Records

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• J. Ivy is a brilliant man with an incredible voice and a way with words. I've known him for over a decade and owe my stage name to him believing in me back then before I even had a record deal. I'm excited for him to share his truth with the world.

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  Believe, Men, Ivy

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• Recently, John and I got to go to Selma and perform it on the same bridge that Martin Luther King walked over. Once a landmark of a divided nation, the spirit of this bridge now for all people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or social status. This bridge was built on hope and welded with compassion. Common

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  Kings, Compassion, Race

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• I wrote the song "Show Me" as a prayer to God asking simple, honest questions about life and death and why there is so much suffering in the world. As I grew with the song I realized I shouldn't limit these questions solely to God; I should ask those questions of others and of myself.

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  Song, Prayer, Live Life

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• Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.

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  Song, Littles, Wells

  "R&B Artist John Legend: 'Once Again'". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. November 20, 2006.

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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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  Thinking, Leader, Black

  "Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. with John Legend". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 4, 2008.

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• Even if you can sing or even if you can write a song, it takes a lot of determination, it takes some kind of thick skin, because you got to persevere despite the fact that people tell you you shouldn't do this or you shouldn't do that or you're not good enough or your style's too different. I've heard all of that stuff.

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  Song, Determination, Writing

  "R&B Artist John Legend: 'Once Again'". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. November 20, 2006.

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• Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying to be famous as a singer. It's not for everyone.

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  Jobs, College, People

  Source: www.npr.org

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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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  Thinking, People, Listening

  "R&B Artist John Legend: 'Once Again'". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. November 20, 2006.

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• I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do. And then also I kind of had this kind of ideal of the kind of music I want to make and what I'm aiming for kind of creatively and just the quality of the music that I'm trying to make. And I have that in my head.

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  Trying, Quality, Fans

  "R&B Artist John Legend: 'Once Again'". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. November 20, 2006.

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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.

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  Song, Writing, Rapper

  Interview with David Morris, www.askmen.com.

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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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  Focus, Sound, Degrees

  "EXCLUSIVE: John Legend Talks New Album, Film Ventures, NBA Predictions, Marriage, More". Interview with Elle Breezy, singersroom.com. May 9, 2013.

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• I don't love the idea of three superstars coming together to form a dream team, I'd rather teams are built more organically, just as a fan it's more interesting to see.

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  Dream, Team, Ideas

  "EXCLUSIVE: John Legend Talks New Album, Film Ventures, NBA Predictions, Marriage, More". Interview with Elle Breezy, singersroom.com. May 9, 2013.

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• I've written good love songs when I have been in love and I've written good love songs when I haven't.

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  Song, Good Love, Been In Love

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