During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
I was a kid with a lot of different, strange interests - kind of crazy.
It's very kind of 'Wuthering Heights' where my parents' house is, moors and deserted. It's very wild and mystic.
Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.
Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them.
I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.
I think Billie is the kind of girl who would let her hips swing loose.
So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered.
Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy.
Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy.
One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.
All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.
John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.
I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.
I attract a different kind of boy when my hair's red. I get more quality men - like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.
I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.
The thing that is uncomfortable is when people kind of stare for a long time and point. That gets weird. I'd much prefer someone to come up to me and say something.
I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.