Legend on Trump: ‘He calls people liars because he is a liar’
Legend says Trump’s attacks on others are his own flaws projected onto others:
I feel like it’s not super controversial. I think Trump is an embarrassment to the country. And his approval rating is terrible.
Los Angeles Confidential cover
Legend appears on the cover of the December 2014 issue of Los Angeles Confidential magazine. He talks about whether he loved his wife from the moment they met, who inspired his song All of Me, and his childhood.
I was a very precocious kid, so I was very thirsty for learning. I wanted to learn the piano. I wanted to study the encyclopedia. I wanted to do everything. I just wanted to soak up a lot of knowledge.
John Legend interview
Seacrest interviews Legend during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about his single All Of Me.
I wrote it a couple years ago and then when I came home I said, ‘I wrote a really good song baby I think you’re going to love it.’ And I sang it to her and she started crying, so I knew it would be a special song and then I sang it at our wedding and a lot of people have been using it at their weddings.
John Legend interview
Winfrey interviews John Legend and asks in-depth questions about family life and friend Kanye West.
I got into a drunken brawl out side a bar one time. And anyone who knows me knows that I would never get into a drunken brawl ever.
Fault cover
Legend appears on the cover of the February 2013 issue of Fault magazine. He talks about his advice to younger performers, his musical influence, and his plans for 2013.
Well, when I was younger, lots of soul music: Motown and artists like Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Nat King Cole [and] Luther Vandross. Then, when I was a bit older (in my early teens), artists and groups like Jodeci had a big influence on me.