John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor.
Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.
I've always followed politics, and I think politics is everybody's business because we're electing someone who's going to be making important decisions that will affect all of our lives.
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.
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
Sometimes success is just limited to festival circuit.
The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I want most of my album to be in my voice, because it's my point of view.
If a few people decide not to buy my album it's really not going to change my life that much.
If I collaborate with people, ideas. . . they take interesting turns and twists, and I'm excited for that and that process and excited to see what we come up with.
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.
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.
Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?
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.
I just want it to be timeless and timely at the same time.
We're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's difficult for people to persist through that.
For me I'm actually doing what I normally do when I do my solo thing and the other thing is actually more new to me.
John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing.
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education
You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.
I do speak to kids a lot. I am very clear with them that not all of them should aspire to be me and not all of them should be aspire to be LeBron.
Every artist wants some sort of feedback, because you make this music and you hope people love it and you want to hear if they love it and what they love about it, what their favorite song is, what they think the next single should be. I like to hear those things.