John Legend Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Well, what's interesting, I try not to think about the radio when I'm writing a song. I want people to love the song, and that means it might not be exactly thinking about the radio, but it's thinking about your audience and saying, 'I want people to like this song after it's done.'”

“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.”

“I played classical as a kid.”

“I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.”

“Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.”

“My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.”

“Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.”

“We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had.”

“Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.”