I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative... And for me, when I'm making music, it's all in my head, and all those influences in my head. So if something comes to me that's a reference from a different genre then people are used to hearing from me, I'm not afraid to go there with it.

In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete.

We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.

People tell me all the time that my songs help them express things to loved ones that they may not be able to say themselves.

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

It's important for us to fight for certain changes that need to happen. And one of those issues that I really care about is education. But also another one is incarceration.

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.