Top 60 John Legend Quotes

If you look at what happened with Underground Railroad, there is so much action. There is so much intrigue; there is so much of historical importance.

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.

I don’t have a real recipe with measurements for my chicken stew. I just kind of make it up as I go. I made it for the first time one Christmas when I came home from college. It’s guaranteed to cure a cold.

In America we have big issues with education – in impoverished communities especially. I work with Teach For All, and so we’re encouraging more people to get into teaching.

I don’t feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

It’s really about making the best music you can make. It’s really about working hard.

I like cool jackets – a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you’ll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.

Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive – he’s only popular now because he’s dead and not a threat to anyone.

I love to make fried chicken.

I think I’m happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it’s really fulfilling to have all these things happen with something you love to do.

Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There’s so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would’ve never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together.

In New York especially, I always want to wear a nice overcoat to get through the winter: you can wear them so many times, and they make every outfit better.

I’ve always had an interest in story-telling and history and just film and art in general, but particularly when it comes to storytelling, I think the reason why we became involved in film is because we wanted to get some great stories out there.

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I’m sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

When you’re releasing an album, you never know how it’s going to go. You never know how a critic is going to receive it or how much it’s going to sell.

The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life.

Artists are, I think in general, compassionate people, and part of what makes us artists is that we’re open-minded people, and I think we’re almost, by definition, progressive in a lot of ways.

The video aside, ‘P.D.A’ is a song about when you really love somebody, you just can’t resist wanting to show that out in public sometimes.

You know, 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.

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that’s why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.

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.

My fried chicken is very simple. I pan-fry it in a skillet.

I think they need to get a more reliable way of watching television on the laptop. Because I travel so much, if I want to watch my favorite sports team it might not be showing in that place, so I want a reliable way to watch whatever I want to watch on my laptop.

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.

I’m trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences.

Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about.

Obviously, Kanye and I are very different in the way we express ourselves publicly. He’s so passionate… about art, about culture, about creativity. And he’s really good at it. And that honesty manifests itself in ways that are not politically correct, not socially acceptable sometimes.

I like things that feel like they’re timeless and really well made and tailored… things that make me feel confident when I leave the house.

I played classical as a kid.

I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.

London is a good fashion city. They’re a little more daring. There’s the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting.

Experience is a great teacher.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

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.’

My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn’t go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success.

Some artists I know, they would rather not see the audience or envision them. But for me, I’d rather see them. I feel like part of the reason I perform is to feel that connection. It’s the reason I love it so much.

As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren’t rooting for me, they aren’t out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it.

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn’t listen to it until my teenage years.

We have this film that we hope to finance, it’s called ‘Southern Rights.’ It’s a documentary about segregated proms that are still happening in the South of America. So there’s a black prom and a white prom, so we hope to finance a film soon about that.

I’ve fundraised for Hillary, and I’ll be voting for her. I don’t think we should be electing Donald Trump as president, and I’m supportive of Hillary’s campaign.

As a kid, I wanted to be a musician but also aspired to be Andy Griffith’s lawyer character, Ben Matlock.

I like a lot of documentaries, I like political movies and political thrillers. But I also like a good action movie. I like a pretty wide range.

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.

I ate some pretty funky, authentic Chinese food in Hong Kong. There was an egg from some bird that’s not a chicken. I can’t remember what it was, but it was green and brown and not very tasty.

The Obamas have been a great example for the country, and I think people are getting a bit nostalgic for that now when they see what some of the alternatives might be.

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.

I know how it feels to be a singer who wants to get discovered.

I studied African American studies, and I read these slave narratives and the escape narratives of people that were able to escape slavery and always found those stories intriguing and powerful and inspiring.

I’m craving more soul, I’m craving more truth, I’m craving more socially – just people that are aware of what’s going on in the world.

Being married is not the same as having a kid because being married to another adult who can take care of themselves to a degree is different than having a kid that is completely dependent on you.

When I write, I don’t really focus on duets or anything like that or whether I’m going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.

I signed with Kanye back in 2003, and at that time, ‘The College Dropout’ hadn’t even come out, so he was still relatively unknown compared to where he is now. He wasn’t a household name; people were still calling him ‘Kane.’

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.

I think every film is made better by having smart music supervision that’s really in tune with the spirit of the visual content.

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

I was playing the piano when I was three, writing songs when I was ten. I had a lot of experience before I got to college. I knew I wanted to be a singer, so anyone who met me, I didn’t let too much time pass before I showed my talent.

I am a feminist. Women are discriminated against in so many ways, and they make up half the population.

Shoes are important, of course. I love my Lanvin sneakers – they go with a lot of things. And then I think a nice bag is great, so you carry your computer or whatever else in style. I’ve been carrying a Tom Ford backpack lately.