UJohn Roger Stephens, owaziwa njengoJohn Legend, yimvumi yaseMelika, umbhali wengoma, umvelisi werekhodi, itshantliziyo, umdlali wepiyano kunye nomdlali weqonga. Phambi kokuba kukhutshwe i-albhamu yokuqala yeLegend, Get Lifted, (2004) wayesebenzisana nabazobi abasele besele kwaye wasayina kwiGOD yomculo kaKhan West. Ngo-2007, iNqaku lafumana iBhaso likaHal David Starlight kwiHolo loDumo lweNgoma. Intsomi yaphumelela imbasa yeAkhademi yeNgoma eQhelekileyo yoqobo kunye neMbasa yeGolide yeGolide kwi2015 ngokubhala ngokubambisana ingoma ethi "Uzuko" kwifilimu uSelma.
Uye waphumelela amabhaso alishumi. Ngo-2017, iLegend yafumana imbasa yeTony yokuvelisa ngokudibeneyo iJitney kwinqanaba leBroadway. Ngo-2018, iLegend ibonakalisa uYesu Krestu kwi-NBC e-Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Wafumana imbasa ye-Primetime Emmy Award ngenxa yendima yakhe, kwaye waphumelela indima yakhe njengomvelisi womdlalo, umenza omnye wabantu abayi-15 kunye nomntu wokuqala omnyama ukuba waphumelela i-Emmy, Grammy, Oscar kunye noTony. I-Legend ikwangumncinci wesibini ukufezekisa imeko ye-EGOT.
Ezinye zeengcaphuno ezilungileyo ukusuka John Legend zidweliswe ngezantsi.
- "Bonke abantu mababe ngabafazi. Ukuba abantu banenkathalo ngamalungelo amabhinqa ihlabathi liya kuba yindawo engcono. " - John Legend
- "Ukuphela kwexesha lonke. Ndiza kuhlala nani. " - John Legend
- "Njengombangazwe, kufuneka ujongane nomntu ofuna ukuba uphumelele imihla ngemihla. Ndicinga ukuba ndinqwenela ukuba kwindawo apho abantu ngokubanzi bahlwayelwa khona, kwaye ukuba abayifuni i-rooting for me, abayikho apho ukuze babone ukuwa kwam. Ndiyabahlonela abantu abanesisu kulo. " - John Legend
- "Kodwa asikwazi ukuphulaphula umntwana. Abazange babe nalolu hlobo. Ayazi ukuba yintoni. " - John Legend
- "Ndicinga ukuba le nto ngothando kukuba nangona izinto ezijikelezileyo zitshintsha, thina njengabantu, ezininzi iindlela esisebenzisana ngayo, kwaye indlela esiyithandanayo ayinakuphela. Kudinga ukuthembela, ukunyaniseka, ukuzibophezela, ukuthandana, kunye nempilo yomzimba. " - John Legend
- "Ndiyathanda kakhulu umphefumlo, ndiyathanda inyaniso ngakumbi, ndiyathanda kakhulu intlalo - abantu nje abayaziyo oko kwenzekayo kwihlabathi." - John Legend
- "Ndizama ukuba nam kwaye ndiyakwamkela zonke iinxalenye zam ezikhulile, ziphulaphule umculo omnye kwaye zenza iimpembelelo ezininzi." - John Legend
- "Akunakulungi ukwesaba, kodwa kufuneka ulwa noloyiko ukuluyisa." - John Legend
- "Intloko yam phantsi kwamanzi kodwa ndiphefumula." - John Legend
- "Iingcinga zam ziinkwenkwezi, andinakuziqonda kwiinkwenkwezi." - John Legend
- "Endleleni sakhala iinyembezi. Nsuku zonke siyazincama. Ngoko sinokuma apha. Hayi yintoni isihogo ebomini. " - John Legend
- "Ngamanye amaxesha kukho loo mzuzu ogqibeleleyo xa isihlwele, umculo, amandla egumbini behlangene ngendlela eya kundenza iinyembezi." - John Legend
- "Umphefumlo uhambelana nokunyaniseka. Umphefumlo ngokuphathelele ukufumana izinto ebomini bakho eziyinyani kwaye zicocekile. " - John Legend
- "Uqeqesho olufanelekileyo kukudlala ngendlebe: ilingo ngomlilo." - John Legend
- "Ixesha elizayo liqale izolo, kwaye sele sele sifikile." - John Legend
- "Xa ndifumana ngakumbi, ndandifumana ngakumbi." - John Legend
- "Ukukhwela kwam kumnandi kakhulu. Ndiyintsikelelo, kuba ndiyakonwabela ukwenza oko ndenzayo. " - John Legend
- "Emva koko, ndaqala ngokukhawuleza ekwakheni uluhlu lwam e-mail kunye neWebhsayithi kunye nayo yonke into. Oko kwakunceda ngokwenene ukuvelisa abantu abaninzi kunye nokunyanzela ilizwi lomlomo. " - John Legend
- "Ukuze ube nethuba lokubona umculo wakho uphakanyisiwe kwaye ube neempendulo eziphantse kuzo yonke loo mculo, kundenza ndithembeke kwaye ndiphefumlelwe kwaye ndiyamnandi." - John Legend
- "Sibhale le ngoma ifilimu eyayisekelwe kwiziganeko ezayiminyaka eyi-50 edlulileyo. Kodwa sithetha ukuba uSelma ngoku, kuba umzabalazo wobulungisa ulungele ngoku. " - John Legend
- "Nguwuphi ubugcisa obukhulu okwazi ukwenzayo kukuhlakulela intlungu kubantu ukuze babone ezinye iimbono zabantu." - John Legend
- "Nawaphi na amaxabiso afikayo, afika. Kuya kuba ubusuku obumnandi ngandlela-thile. " - John Legend
- "Xa abantu behamba ngengoma yethu, sifuna ukukuxelela ukuba sinako, sikubona, sikuthanda, kwaye sihamba." - John Legend
- "Xa sicinga ngokulingana kunye nenkululeko kunye nobulungisa, siyazi ukuba sinomsebenzi omningi wokukwenza, kwaye siya kwenza loo msebenzi. Sifuna ukwenza loo msebenzi, kwaye siyathemba ukuba ingoma yethu iyabakhuthaza kwabo bafuna ukwenza loo nto. " - John Legend
- "Xa ubona abantu abahluphekileyo kunye nabantu abajongene nesandla esingalunganga, ngoko ke ukuba sinamandla okubanceda, sifanele sizame ukwenza oko." - John Legend