John Legend Quotes - Page 6

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• Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.

  John Legend

  Hip Hop, Black, Age

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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.

  John Legend

  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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• The issue I focus on the most is extreme poverty. I think it's kind of out of sight out of mind. I wish there would be more stories about that to connect people to what's happening. To personalize it, to make it real to people, to inspire them to action.

  John Legend

  Real, Thinking, Sight

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

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• 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

  Song, Writing, Thinking

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

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• For me there's insecurity when you're releasing an album because you spend all of this time working on that one thing and then once it's done, it's done. After you put it out there to the public you never know which songs are going to work or even if the album is going to work as a whole so there is a little bit of nervousness around predicting what the numbers will be and if it's going to be well-received.

  John Legend

  Song, Numbers, Insecurity

  A Drink With Interview, adrinkwith.com. April 14, 2015.

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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.

  John Legend

  Thinking, Leader, Black

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

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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.

  John Legend

  Song, Good Love, Been In Love

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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.

  John Legend

  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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• 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

  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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• 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.

  John Legend

  People, Littles, Way

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• Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music.

  John Legend

  Hip Hop, Hips, Collaboration

  "John Legend: 'I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom'". Interview with Denise Cheong and Charlene Fang, travel.cnn.com. March 9, 2011.

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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.

  John Legend

  Thinking, White, House

  Interview with Denise Cheong and Charlene Fang, travel.cnn.com. March 9, 2011.

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• I'm pretty adventurous with food, so I'm not afraid to try anything.

  John Legend

  Trying, Adventurous, Not Afraid

  "John Legend: 'I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom'". Interview with Denise Cheong and Charlene Fang, travel.cnn.com. March 9, 2011.

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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.

  John Legend

  Jobs, College, People

  Source: www.npr.org

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• 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

  Thinking, Littles, Sometimes

  Source: www.npr.org

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• For me, no matter how much money you want to make off of singing, no matter what kind of fame you want to make, achieve, the most important thing to me is making music that you're proud of, making music that comes from you, comes from an authentic place in you.

  John Legend

  Singing, Important, Want

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

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• 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... It wasn't forced on me. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've never stopped playing music. I never went through a period where I didn't want to do it.

  John Legend

  Mother, Years, Piano

  "R&B Artist John Legend: 'Once Again'". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www-s4.npr.org. November 20, 2006.

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• I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them. What I like to do with songs, is kind of throw a little curveball in the lyrics or in the arrangement, to kind of give it a little twist to it.

  John Legend

  Song, Giving, Twists

  Source: www.npr.org

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• People see me as pretty low key in a lot of ways. And for me, like, even choosing to be John Legend and to be who I am as a star, as an artist, it's a risk 'cause I - you know, I graduated from college and worked as a management consultant, and I could have had this very kind of buttoned-up life and worn suits to work every day.

  John Legend

  Stars, Artist, College

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The fun part about collaborating is that you naturally just bounce off each other's energy and learn off each other.

  John Legend

  Fun, Energy, Bounce

  "John Legend: 'I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom'". Interview with Denise Cheong and Charlene Fang, travel.cnn.com. March 9, 2011.

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• There's so much music out there, and so many different styles that I've been influenced by, so each album reflects some of that knowledge or influence that I've had.

  John Legend

  Style, Different, Albums

  "John Legend: 'I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom'". Interview with Denise Cheong and Charlene Fang, travel.cnn.com. March 9, 2011.

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• There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.

  John Legend

  Song, Writing, Giving

  "John Legend gets down and dirty". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. October 30, 2008.

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• Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers I've ever heard. And the reason why is he has an amazing range, amazing emotional power in his voice. And the music he put around it also just had this passion and this soul to it and this spirit to it that very few artists have, and he passed at a very young age.

  John Legend

  Passion, Artist, Emotional

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

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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.

  John Legend

  Piano, Track, Legends

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• I gravitate toward people that are a little more outrageous than I am. And we complement each other well.

  John Legend

  People, Littles, Wells

  "John Legend talks on music, wedding, Kanye, Syria, more". Interview with The Associated Press, www.denverpost.com. September 10, 2013.

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