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
artist duty
It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.
use scandal email
The weirdest thing about Hillary Clinton's email 'scandal' is finding out some of our senators still don't use email.
peaceful weapons
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
song littles wells
Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.
football games focus
I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.
struggle justice struggle-for-freedom
The struggle for freedom and justice is now.
song determination writing
Music business is hard. It's very difficult. And it's not for everyone. 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.
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.
real thinking people
I think people relate to the music because I have a sense of empathy, and I think I have a good understanding about relationships, and I talk about them in a real, honest way
play want periods
I never went through a period where I didn't want to play music. I've always loved it and it's always been a huge part of my life.
childhood playing-music wanted
Music wasn't forced on me [in my childhood]. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've never stopped playing music.
artist people growing
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.
song numbers insecurity
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.