John Legend Quotes
-
There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.
→ -
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.
→ -
It's important for us to fight for certain changes that need to happen. And one of those issues that I really care about is education. But also another one is incarceration.
→ -
I used read about Dr. King a lot as a kid. Independently, from being assigned it or being told by my parents or anything, I was just really excited about him. So I just started reading about him very young and was inspired by his legacy and looked to him as a role model.
→ -
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.
→ -
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.
→ -
To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.
→ -
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.
→ -
The future started yesterday, and we're already late.
→ -
We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.
→ -
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.
→ -
I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.
→ -
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.
→ -
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.
→ -
Fear. People are afraid of talking about their fears and insecurities. They're afraid of expressing emotion beyond anger, dominance, or power, and they're afraid of getting in touch with their feminine side.
→ -
Mass incarceration is a policy that's kind of built up over the last four decades and it's destroyed families and communities, and something we need to change. And it's fallen disproportionally on black and brown communities, especially black communities, and it's kind of a manifestation of structural racism.
→ -
My line is probably a little more conservative than some of my compatriots in the business. But again, I think it's all - like, it just - it comes down to me knowing who I am and knowing how I want to be seen in the world, how I want to discuss things.
→ -
I guess a lot of times pressure is put on something after it becomes big.
→ -
The weirdest thing about Hillary Clinton's email 'scandal' is finding out some of our senators still don't use email.
→ -
Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.
→ -
I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.
→ -
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.
→ -
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education
→ -
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.
→ -
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
→ -
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.
→ -
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.
→ -
I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that.
→ -
I've felt like my last name put pressure on me as an artist. If you're going to call yourself "Legend," you'd better make some good-ass music.
→ -
Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.
→