Quotes by John Legend

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

Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers Ive 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.

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 thats fun.

We have this film that we hope to finance, its called Southern Rights. Its a documentary about segregated proms that are still happening in the South of America. So theres a black prom and a white prom, so we hope to finance a film soon about that.

I think the thing about love is that even though the things around us change, we as human beings, a lot of the ways we interact, and the ways we love each other is timeless. It requires trust, honesty, commitment, romance, and physical chemistry.

I was a wedding singer as a teenager.