For me I'm actually doing what I normally do when I do my solo thing and the other thing is actually more new to me.

I've felt like my last name put pressure on me as an artist. If you're going to call yourself "Legend," you'd better make some good-ass music.

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

Music business is hard. It's very difficult. And it's not for everyone. Even if you can sing or even if you can write a song, it takes a lot of determination, it takes some kind of thick skin.

If you want the film [La La Land ] to represent all things jazz, it does not. You'll be disappointed by that. But, if you just see it as one guy's point of view, one filmmaker's point of view, and one story among many stories that can be told about jazz, then it's not as much of an issue.

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire.