We Should Care About What Is Going

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.

I Have A Structured Songwriting Process. I Start With The Music And Try To Come Up With Musical Ideas, Then The Melody, Then The Hook, And The Lyrics Come Last. 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.

We Should Care About What Is Going On In The World.

Witnessing The Extreme Poverty In Remote Parts Of Affrica Can Make You Feel Sad And Powerless Until You Realize How Little It Takes To Change These People's Lives Fundamentally In Sustainable Ways.

I Wrote The Song "show Me" As A Prayer To God Asking Simple, Honest Questions About Life And Death And Why There Is So Much Suffering In The World. As I Grew With The Song I Realized I Shouldn't Limit These Questions Solely To God; I Should Ask Those Questions Of Others And Of Myself.