Quotes from John Legend

As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren't rooting for me, they aren't out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it.

Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&ampB pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.

My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn't go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success.

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.

To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that's fun.

Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers I've ever heard. And the reason why is he has an amazing range, amazing emotional power in his voice. And the music he put around it also just had this passion and this soul to it and this spirit to it that very few artists have, and he passed at a very young age.

The most I ever spent on technology is building a studio - I built one at home in Los Angeles. I can't tell you how much exactly, but the whole process is very expensive.

All men should be feminists. If men care about women's rights the world will be a better place. We are better off when women are empowered – it leads to a better society.

Fleeting joy and fading ecstasy, here it goes again, oh, Sneaking fruit from the forbidden tree, sweet taste of sin

Damn, I love you, but this is crazy, I have to fight you almost daily, We break up so fast, And we, we make up so passionately, Why can't we just trust each? You can't hate me and be my lover, Passion ends, and pains begins, I come back...

There's something in your heart And it's in your eyes It's the fire, inside you Let it burn You don't say, "Good luck" You say, "Don't give up" It's the fire, inside you Let it burn

So I've got a new friend I wish I could forget you But I miss you, wanna kiss you again She's like you, but she's not you, gotta find you again

i want move people..

The 2nd time leads to the 3rd, the 5th, the 7th time, I feel so alive, it won't last but it's alright

Each time you call me home in a sweet refrain, Saying things will change, you'll take away the pain, Then we flashback to the first time you put your spell on me, You envelope me, you feel good as hell to me

she's my favorite again

Can we wait just a minute Turn that TV off for a minute Now politics and talkin shit aint really none of my buisness Lets go and play the songs we used to play On that old school radio Let the music soothe your soul Forget about the world Im groovin with my girl Forget about the news Lets put on our dancin shoes Lets not talk about the war Do we know what they fightin for I propose that we go to the floor and we slow dance

All of me Loves all of you

I was around a lot of gospel as a kid.

We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had.

Before every show, I eat half a rotisserie chicken.

I am a feminist. Women are discriminated against in so many ways, and they make up half the population.

I sang 'All Of Me' at the wedding. I sang 'Stay With You' from my first album. And then Stevie Wonder came up and sang 'Ribbon In the Sky.' It was impromptu... It was cool... He's always been a friend and a mentor to me.