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
breathing water fine
My head’s under water but I’m breathing fine
inspiring real soul
Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.
writing ideas people
I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. 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.
hip-hop records hips
Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music.
people way ordinary
We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.
ambition passion giving
I want you to live the best life you can. You can be world-changers. .. Pursue this life of love with focus and passion and ambition and courage. Give it your all. And that will be your path to true success.
yesterday late
The future started yesterday, and we're already late.
trying adventurous not-afraid
I'm pretty adventurous with food, so I'm not afraid to try anything.
work-out stronger way
You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.
want way compromise
If a relationship is going to work, it will require compromise and, even then, it is not always going to end the way you want it to.
country community choices
We have a serious problem with incarceration in this country. It's destroying families, it's destroying communities and we're the most incarcerated country in the world, and when you look deeper and look at the reasons we got to this place, we as a society made some choices politically and legislatively, culturally to deal with poverty, deal with mental illness in a certain way and that way usually involves using incarceration.
thinking white house
I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom, I take pictures everywhere I go, but I don't think I can top that one.