I Think Writers Are Prone To Hyperbole

If You Want The Film [la La Land ] To Represent All Things Jazz, It Does Not. You'll Be Disappointed By That. But, If You Just See It As One Guy's Point Of View, One Filmmaker's Point Of View, And One Story Among Many Stories That Can Be Told About Jazz, Then It's Not As Much Of An Issue.

People See Me As Pretty Low Key In A Lot Of Ways. And For Me, Like, Even Choosing To Be John Legend And To Be Who I Am As A Star, As An Artist, It's A Risk 'cause I - You Know, I Graduated From College And Worked As A Management Consultant, And I Could Have Had This Very Kind Of Buttoned-up Life And Worn Suits To Work Every Day.

I Do Speak To Kids A Lot. I Am Very Clear With Them That Not All Of Them Should Aspire To Be Me And Not All Of Them Should Be Aspire To Be Lebron.

I Gravitate Toward People That Are A Little More Outrageous Than I Am. And We Complement Each Other Well.

​w​e're So Used To Having Everything We Want At Our Fingertips So I Think That When Things Get Tough It's ​difficult ​for People To Persist Through That.