As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.
At work, you want to stand out but not in extra-funky ways. At the core, it's about dressing for girls - who are most of my fans - and you want to dress up for them. You just want to feel like you're on top of your game.
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.
If you look at what happened with Underground Railroad, there is so much action. There is so much intrigue; there is so much of historical importance.
When we meet people who are astronauts or deal in astronomy, it's always really fascinating.
Obviously, Kanye and I are very different in the way we express ourselves publicly. He's so passionate... about art, about culture, about creativity. And he's really good at it. And that honesty manifests itself in ways that are not politically correct, not socially acceptable sometimes.
Instead of investing our resources in locking people up, let's invest more of those resources in our fellow citizens so they don't end up in the system to begin with. And if they do, they can get back on their feet.
I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.
I want to move people.
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
I played classical as a kid.
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.
Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.
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.
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.
I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet.
Musicians are in-season all the time.
As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth.
I'm craving more soul, I'm craving more truth, I'm craving more socially - just people that are aware of what's going on in the world.
