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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• 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.

  

  John Roger Stephens
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