I don't really marinate in anybody's album because I don't really want to sound like anybody else when I put my album out. So I'd rather not even be tempted to listen to a bunch of other stuff with any degree of emersion in it, cause I just don't want to sound like anything else, so I kinda focus on my own music.
John LegendMy first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998.
John LegendSometimes I just think people are haters. And if they're haters, you can listen to what they have to say but you have to take it with a grain of salt.
John LegendSome of them [family names] have sentimental value for some reason or another, some of them just sound beautiful. Some of them are because of people that are meaningful to us in our lives. So it's hard to say which one we'll pick. Sometimes they say you have to see the child before you decide. So maybe when we see her we'll make a last-second decision.
John Legend