John Legend

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

— John Legend

#love #love

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. ↗

— John Legend

#human-rights #patriarchy #women #men

The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire. ↗

— John Legend

#ear #fire #play #training #trial

As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth. ↗

— John Legend

#nation #need #truth #world

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

— John Legend

#black #boy #change #did #leaders

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

#business #day #end #end of the day #few

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. ↗

— John Legend

#artists #i #i always #me #myself

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it. ↗

— John Legend

#cause #crime #felt #i #i always

I don't actually go to a lot of games because I think football on TV is better. Even though I'm pretty busy, I watch 90 percent of Ohio State's games. ↗

— John Legend

#because #better #busy #even #football

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

#amp #anybody #between #black #black music