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In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.
On the road of experience, join in the living day; if there's an answer, it's just that it is that way.
John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.
I am a feminist. Women are discriminated against in so many ways, and they make up half the population.
If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.
Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No.
If I'm painting, I paint every day. I'll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night.
I don't have a circus around me, and that's a choice. I like to be on Planet Earth as much as possible.
My children have become popular, and they show a tremendous love for the public. They're professionals.
I am very conscious of what I say and do when I go out because the media is quick to make that a story.
If I could put one word on my journey over the last couple of years it would definitely be ‘turbulent’.
I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen.
I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.
I suppose my approach to religion is like my approach to music - I take what I want and leave the rest.
'Green Garden' is about beauty and joy and lush green and dance and excitement and smiling from within.
Who you going to tell when the repercussions spin, showing off your ass because you think it's a trend.
I was unhappy with my life. I had acquired everything I thought I wanted, only to find out, This is it?
I have a couple of all-time favorites: Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
Nominations come and go. It is not going to happen to you every year, and I am very well aware of that.
I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality.
It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.
(On being asked if he preferred to be a rock god or sex god) I am neither. My favourite role is father.
I'm sure great scripts are hard to find, but I'm definitely open, and waiting to see what comes my way.
I'd date someone younger or older age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.
There are so many songs I've recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.
I've had tonsilitis and I'm not sure if I can sing on Saturday [whilst out on the town in the West End]
The Maestro says it's Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum when you're waiting for the miracle to come.
What [Prozac] does is completely annihilate the sexual drive, so the question of passion hardly arises.
Suffering, violent suffering, seems to be something that corresponds with something that we experience.
I don't remember lighting this cigarette and I don't remember if I'm here alone or waiting for someone.
His vision was just outstanding. If you think of him in the same way as Pele then you would come close.
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.
I'm a very melancholic kind of person. I don't know why; I think certain people are born a certain way.
I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.
It's a hard thing to explain, but the more I arrange for strings, the more I realize the possibilities.
Art keeps me alive. I've obviously been devastated or heartbroken all my life, since my mother's death.
I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.
I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.
I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.
I wake up every morning and it's like when you break up with somebody who has really broken your heart.
I grew up on Nintendo. Mario was my best friend. I can't wait to get inside and play Nintendo GameCube.
I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.
It's hard to say no to your kid. It's hard for them to stomp off and not be happy with you for an hour.
When I pick up Hank Williams' guitar or that first suit that Johnny Cash wore on stage, it empowers me.
I'm always on the prowl for the kinds of recordings that can inspire and potentially make a difference.
I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.
There is a monumental difference between being alive and living. You should never settle for the first.
I know that human beings are better together than they are apart, as much as I fought that all my life.