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" Hip hop has the urgency and rebelliousness that early rock n' roll and punk had: a level of rule-breaking and flirtation with danger. It allows you to break the rules. "

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" I've never put out a song that I wasn't completely proud of and that I didn't love. In that sense, I've never felt like I sold out in any way. "

John Legend

Never

Love

" 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. "

" I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that. "

" 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 love to make fried chicken. "

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

John Legend

Myself

Always

" Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears. "

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

John Legend

Half

Against

" I don't think it's an artist's responsibility to be political all the time. I think your first responsibility as an artist is to make music that people will listen to and enjoy. However, I think that when you are able to say something that is moving and put it in a great song, then that is even better. "

" 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. "

" My style is pretty clean, classic, and elegant, with some elements to make it a little funkier. If you see me on a normal day, I'm usually in a T-shirt and jeans, maybe with some cool sneakers, but I'm pretty basic. "

" 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. "

" I was homeschooled for several years. "

John Legend

Several

Years

" I was a huge 'Breaking Bad' fan. I just loved the whole thing. Always interesting, always urgent. The stakes were always high. "

" 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 first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

John Legend

Busy

High School

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

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

John Legend

Other

Songs

" 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 think the thing about love is that even though the things around us change, we as human beings, a lot of the ways we interact, and the ways we love each other is timeless. It requires trust, honesty, commitment, romance, and physical chemistry. "

" As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth. "

John Legend

World

Nation

" 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. "

" 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. "

John Legend

Sound

Man

" 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. "

" I feel like fashion is making steps toward diversity, but I think they could do more. "

John Legend

Diversity

Think

" 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. "

" Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist. "

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