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38 Passionate John Legend Quotes To Live Your Best Life
John Legend is a man who knew he’d be a successful musician from the time he was a teenager. It was his dream and he executed upon it relentlessly, embodying the traits of those who have gone before him.
Unlike many hip-hop artists we feature on Execute Resources, John was home schooled and was even offered a scholarship to Harvard and others. Eventually he opted for the University of Pennsylvania and after graduating, he actually worked in a conventional 9 to 5 while writing, producing and recording his own music at night. One choice that has certainly paid off!
He’s won almost a dozen Grammy Awards and even a Golden Globe Award. Clearly, someone who chose to live his best life, and with his quotes, we hope you’ll find some motivation to take charge of yours!
1. The more I get, the more I gotta do.
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2. My head’s under water but I’m breathing fine.
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3. What great art is able to do is develop empathy in people so they can see other people’s perspectives.
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4. All of me…Loves all of you.
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5. Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.
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6. When we think about equality and freedom and justice, we know we’ve got more work to do, and we’re going to do that work. We want to do that work, and we hope that our song is inspiration for those who want to do that work as well.
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7. 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.
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8. You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.
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9. The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire.
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10. We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that’s what makes us so unpredictable and unique.
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11. My thoughts are stars, I can’t fathom into constellations.
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12. On the way we shed some tears. Every day we sacrifice. So we can be standing here. Oh what a hell of a life.
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13. Whatever awards come, they come. It’s going to be a fun night either way.
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14. When you see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.
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15. 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.
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16. Fleeting joy and fading ecstasy, here it goes again, oh, Sneaking fruit from the forbidden tree, sweet taste of sin.
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17. When people are marching with our song, we want to tell you that we are with you, we see you, we love you, and march on.
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18. I am a feminist. Women are discriminated against in so many ways, and they make up half the population.
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19. As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren’t rooting for me, they aren’t out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it.
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20. I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize.
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21. We wrote this song for a film that was based on events that were 50 years ago. But we say that Selma is now, because the struggle for justice is right now.
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22. The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life.
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23. The ride for me has been good so far. I am blessed, because I enjoy doing what I am doing.
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24. I always felt that rap didn’t cause crime; it just reflected it.
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25. To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel more confident and inspired and that’s fun.
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26. The 2nd time leads to the 3rd, the 5th, the 7th time, I feel so alive, it won’t last but it’s alright.
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27. Althrough the end of all time. I will stay with you.
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28. Each time you call me home in a sweet refrain, saying things will change, you’ll take away the pain. Then we flashback to the first time you put your spell on me, You envelope me, you feel good as hell to me.
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29. Then, I started very early on building my own e-mail list and Web site and all that. That really helped generate more and more people and compelled the word of mouth.
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30. 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.
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31. The future started yesterday, and we’re already late.
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32. As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.
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33. It’s not wrong to be afraid, but you have to fight through fear to overcome it.
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34. I’m craving more soul, I’m craving more truth, I’m craving more socially – just people that are aware of what’s going on in the world.
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35. All men should be feminist. If men care about women’s rights the world will be a better place.
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36. I spent a lot of time, a lot of energy trying to be a better artist and I still do. I spend a lot of time focusing on my craft. If you’re going to take your passion into something beyond just something for fun on the side, you got to spend a lot of time on it to be great, and then you’ve got to make smart decisions about who you collaborate with and where you live to put yourself in the right situations to meet the right people to catch those breaks.
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37. But we can’t listen baby. They’ve never had it like this. They don’t know what it is.
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38. Experience is a great teacher.
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