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" 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. "

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" I work with a bunch of producers on every album, but the difference for 'Evolver' was that I couldn't get any time with Kanye. I forget what he was doing at the time, but he was all over the place. We were never at the same city at the same time. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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 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 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 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 was homeschooled for several years. "

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" 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. "

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" I remember when I first came out as an artist, back in 2004 or 2005, the record label used to take me to all the radio stations and just have me sit in, like, their lunchroom or their conference room, and play for the whole staff. Just to introduce them to me so they would play my records. "

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" 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. "