Quotes from John Legend

I studied African American studies, and I read these slave narratives and the escape narratives of people that were able to escape slavery and always found those stories intriguing and powerful and inspiring.

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

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.

Music business is hard. It's very difficult. And it's not for everyone. Even if you can sing or even if you can write a song, it takes a lot of determination, it takes some kind of thick skin.

There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.

There's nothing that can shock me anymore, but at this point, Trump's made it very clear how his temperament is, how his personality is, what his level of intellectual depth is when it comes to policy, and he's made it abundantly clear that he's utterly unqualified to be president - no matter what your political views are.

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

It's important for us to fight for certain changes that need to happen. And one of those issues that I really care about is education. But also another one is incarceration.

The struggle for freedom and justice is now.

I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom, I take pictures everywhere I go, but I don't think I can top that one.

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.