You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

Mass incarceration is a policy that's kind of built up over the last four decades and it's destroyed families and communities, and something we need to change. And it's fallen disproportionally on black and brown communities, especially black communities, and it's kind of a manifestation of structural racism.

Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.

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

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

I know when things feel a little, like, intrusive and when they don't. I don't have a lot to hide. But I do sometimes think, don't share everything.

There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.