John Legend
John Legend
John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He has won ten Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one Academy Award. In 2007, Legend received the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 December 1978
CountryUnited States of America
family-love different looks
A just society is not one built on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don't even know.
fighting people empowering
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education
rap causes crime
I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.
technology ties world
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.
effort way spirituality
I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.
peaceful weapons
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
dresses republic bananas
I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently - business casual, probably a lot of things from Banana Republic. My wardrobe now is definitely more expensive, but I always dress for the occasion.
unique light shining
We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.
negative internet cloaks
You can always find a stray negative comment on the Internet. It's like everybody loves to put negative comments on the Internet under the cloak of anonymity.
listening growing keep-learning
I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.
style different albums
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.
successful proud matter
No matter how big or successful and famous you become, if you do that, that's the most fulfilling thing, is making music that you love and that you're proud of.
audience exactly love means might people radio
Well, what's interesting, I try not to think about the radio when I'm writing a song. I want people to love the song, and that means it might not be exactly thinking about the radio, but it's thinking about your audience and saying, 'I want people to like this song after it's done.'
allowed choice gospel growing house music secular
We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had.