I'm craving more soul, I'm craving more truth, I'm craving more socially - just people that are aware of what's going on in the world.

There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

My mother, I want her to like my music, but she's not exactly my target audience. So I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do.

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.

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.

Black people invented jazz. But this story [in La La Land] wasn't ever claiming to be that. It's just a story about two people from one writer's point of view.