"My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998."

"I want to move people."

"Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist."

"I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6."

"In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music."

"Experience is a great teacher."

"I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes."

"John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing."

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