I Just Want It To Be Timeless

The Issue I Focus On The Most Is Extreme Poverty. I Think It's Kind Of Out Of Sight Out Of Mind. I Wish There Would Be More Stories About That To Connect People To What's Happening. To Personalize It, To Make It Real To People, To Inspire Them To Action.

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.

I Think People Relate To The Music Because I Have A Sense Of Empathy, And I Think I Have A Good Understanding About Relationships, And I Talk About Them In A Real, Honest Way

Kind Of The Critical Acclaim Of This Movie [la La Land] Is That It's Striking A Chord With The Public In A Way That Has Been Really Beautiful And Powerful.

People See Me As Pretty Low Key In A Lot Of Ways. And For Me, Like, Even Choosing To Be John Legend And To Be Who I Am As A Star, As An Artist, It's A Risk 'cause I - You Know, I Graduated From College And Worked As A Management Consultant, And I Could Have Had This Very Kind Of Buttoned-up Life And Worn Suits To Work Every Day.