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It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard. -- John Legend
I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis. -- Miles Davis
I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on. -- Ben E. King
Lata Mangeshkar is a living legend. She has enthralled millions of hearts all over the world with her music. -- Nita Ambani
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music. -- John Legend
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. -- John Legend
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. -- John Legend
I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences. -- John Legend
Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears. -- John Legend
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. -- John Legend
Joaquin Sabina is one of my favorites. He's like a legend. He's like our Bob Dylan, or our Bruce Springsteen. He's one of the most talented writers of our Latin music. -- Juanes
There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that. -- Stanley Clarke
The No. 1 best-selling Christmas album of all time is from Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, the Jewish smooth-jazz legend Kenny G. American Jews have always produced a lot of holiday music, just not Hanukkah music. -- Matisyahu
What people don't understand is that my dad isn't up on the contemporary music scene. He's been a legend for decades and he doesn't know what's going on right now, and he doesn't need to. -- Alexa Ray Joel
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. -- John Legend
Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three. -- John Legend
Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about. -- John Legend
I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that. -- John Legend
My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music. -- John Legend
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. -- John Legend

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