About John Legend: John Roger Stephens is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He has won nine Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one Academy Award. In 2007, Legend received the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
I think I'm happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it's really fulfilling to have all these things happen with something you love to do.
There's something in your heart And it's in your eyes It's the fire, inside you Let it burn You don't say, "Good luck" You say, "Don't give up" It's the fire, inside you Let it burn
My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998.
I want to move people.
I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.
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.
I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.
We should care about what is going on in the world.
I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.
I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.
There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.
I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.
I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.
I played classical as a kid.
Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.
Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.
Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.
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.
I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.
Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.
In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete.
