Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.

I feel like my job is to make impact, spread love, tell great stories, inspire people, that's what I am going to do.

I think the most important thing is that I'm making music that the people enjoy. So the fans, the people that are out there listening to music and consuming music, I want them to enjoy it and love it. And so that's more important to me than Grammys.

When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that, or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.

The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I want most of my album to be in my voice, because it's my point of view.

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 was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.