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" 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. "

John Legend

Love

You

Winning

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

John Legend

Many

Feel

" 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. "

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that. "

" I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes. "

" 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. "

" Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three. "

" The most I ever spent on technology is building a studio - I built one at home in Los Angeles. I can't tell you how much exactly, but the whole process is very expensive. "

" 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. "

" My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music. "

" 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 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

" I was homeschooled for several years. "

John Legend

Several

Years

" I played classical as a kid. "

" There's nothing that can shock me anymore, but at this point, Trump's made it very clear how his temperament is, how his personality is, what his level of intellectual depth is when it comes to policy, and he's made it abundantly clear that he's utterly unqualified to be president - no matter what your political views are. "

John Legend

Political

Intellectual

" 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. "

John Legend

See

Love

" 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. "

" There are autobiographical elements to the albums, and when I write, I always reference my own life as well as other things, so I'm just like any novelist or any fiction writer who tells stories. "

John Legend

Stories

Always

" 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

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

" John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name. "

John Legend

Stage

Name

" Hip hop is usually a bunch of guys talking to a bunch of guys, in my experience. It's homosocial, not homosexual, in that it's almost always all one gender in a room where it's being created. That locker-room environment has an impact on the language. I think the music suffers 'cause it allows an almost cartoonish level of misogyny. "

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

" 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. "

" In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete. "

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

" To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that's fun. "

John Legend

Positive

Music

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

John Legend

Other

Songs

" 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. "

" 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. "