John Legend Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“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.”

“I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.”

“John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.”

“You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.”

“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.”

“Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers I've ever heard. And the reason why is he has an amazing range, amazing emotional power in his voice. And the music he put around it also just had this passion and this soul to it and this spirit to it that very few artists have, and he passed at a very young age.”