John Legend
John Legend
John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He has won ten Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one Academy Award. In 2007, Legend received the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 December 1978
CountryUnited States of America
sadness people realizing
You see all these things that make you feel desperate or sad, but you realize changes can be made, and it doesn't take a lot of money on our part to make a change in people's lives.
wise inspire musician
To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.
want timeless timely
I just want it to be timeless and timely at the same time.
men black today
There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.
musician seasons
Musicians are in-season all the time.
teacher reality experience
Experience is a great teacher.
ideas interesting people
If I collaborate with people, ideas...they take interesting turns and twists, and I'm excited for that and that process and excited to see what we come up with.
thinking people want
We're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's difficult for people to persist through that.
hands people trying
When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.
helping-others empathy morality
Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?
sexy sometimes used
I'm used to getting sexy sometimes in the lyrics.
family-love different looks
A just society is not one built on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don't even know.
listening growing keep-learning
I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.
peaceful weapons
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful