​W​e're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's ​difficult ​for people to persist through that.

Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?

I'm used to getting sexy sometimes in the lyrics.

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

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.

If a relationship is going to work, it will require compromise and, even then, it is not always going to end the way you want it to.

I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet.