"After the clouds, the sunshine; after the winter, the spring; after the shower, the rainbow; for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease, after life's cares and sorrows, the comfort and sweetness of peace."

“Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.”

Source : John Legend's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 22, 2015.

“Once I became a photographer, it stopped me being scared or intimidated by gangs of young men of whatever stripe. Initially, I could hide behind my camera but eventually I came to realize that if I was polite and friendly to them, then they probably would be to me too - a good life lesson.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“My music is in young people's lives because it's so much a part of their parents' lives.”

“Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“When you're wondering whether she's his daughter or his girlfriend, she's his girlfriend.”

“Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs.”

“The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.”

“Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one.”