John Roger Stephens (John Legend) Quotes
We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had.
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Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.
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I use Aveeno cleansers and moisturizers.
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I love the sitcom schedule. It takes a week to make an episode, but we don't work on weekends. I'm usually done in time to get home for dinner with my wife and daughter.
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At the time I wasn’t really familiar with Caucasians and he got me up out of that ’cause they regular people just like everybody else.
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We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had.
