Obviously, Kanye and I are very different in the way we express ourselves publicly. He's so passionate... about art, about culture, about creativity. And he's really good at it. And that honesty manifests itself in ways that are not politically correct, not socially acceptable sometimes.

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

I studied African American studies, and I read these slave narratives and the escape narratives of people that were able to escape slavery and always found those stories intriguing and powerful and inspiring.

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

Trump's been a public personality forever, and that's fine if you want him to be a reality-TV host, but if you want him to be president, there's a different standard.

Artists are, I think in general, compassionate people, and part of what makes us artists is that we're open-minded people, and I think we're almost, by definition, progressive in a lot of ways.

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

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.

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

I've fundraised for Hillary, and I'll be voting for her. I don't think we should be electing Donald Trump as president, and I'm supportive of Hillary's campaign.

Before every show, I eat half a rotisserie chicken.

There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.

I know how it feels to be a singer who wants to get discovered.

My fried chicken is very simple. I pan-fry it in a skillet.

Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive - he's only popular now because he's dead and not a threat to anyone.

Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together.

I've always had an interest in story-telling and history and just film and art in general, but particularly when it comes to storytelling, I think the reason why we became involved in film is because we wanted to get some great stories out there.

For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.

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.

My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn't go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success.

Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

There are autobiographical elements to the albums, and when I write, I always reference my own life as well as other things, so I'm just like any novelist or any fiction writer who tells stories.