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

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I do speak to kids a lot. I am very clear with them that not all of them should aspire to be me and not all of them should be aspire to be LeBron.

I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.

Every artist wants some sort of feedback, because you make this music and you hope people love it and you want to hear if they love it and what they love about it, what their favorite song is, what they think the next single should be. I like to hear those things.

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.

Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.