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" The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life. "
John Legend
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Technology
Routine
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" 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. "
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" I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I was around a lot of gospel as a kid. "
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" 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. "
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" London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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Man
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" I want to move people. "
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People
" 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. "
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You
Action
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Musicians are in-season all the time. "
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Time
" I don't actually go to a lot of games because I think football on TV is better. Even though I'm pretty busy, I watch 90 percent of Ohio State's games. "
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Football
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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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Radio
Play
Back
" 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. "
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Teach
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America
" As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth. "
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" At work, you want to stand out but not in extra-funky ways. At the core, it's about dressing for girls - who are most of my fans - and you want to dress up for them. You just want to feel like you're on top of your game. "
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" People like Dick Gregory, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone show me what the definition of an artist is - it isn't just to make art but to speak truth to what's happening, speak beauty into the world, speak love into the world and also... get involved. "
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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 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. "
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" 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. "
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Love
" 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. "
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Hearing
Work
Music
" For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs. "
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Songs
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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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