John Legend will always remember the recommendation late music legend Prince gave him.
John Legend will always remember the recommendation Prince gave him
The ‘Unusual Folks’ hitmaker was fortunate sufficient to get near the ‘Purple Rain’ hitmaker and acquired to jam with him at his house in Los Angeles at one in every of his well-known after-parties.
The 46-year-old balladeer will at all times bear in mind the invaluable recommendation he gave him and the way a lot he cared about artists having management over their inventive works.
Chatting with Lulu on the ‘Shout’ hitmaker’s ‘Turning Factors’ podcast, Legend mentioned of Prince: “We jammed collectively… he had would have these after-parties at his home in Los Angeles and he would convey me as much as jam… it was simply cool to be in his presence… he was very eager on ensuring artists retained as a lot management as they might – his recommendation is at all times in my head about ensuring you management as a lot as you may.”
The likes of Dave Grohl and Robbie Williams are among the many different acts who’ve had the honour of jamming with Prince.
The ‘Raspberry Beret’ hitmaker died on April 21, 2016, on the age of 57, of an unintentional overdose of fentanyl.
Elsewhere, Legend admitted music has been a vital part in his capability to work together with others.
He shared: “Music opened me up socially – in any other case I don’t know if I might ever speak to anyone… music made it in order that I felt snug speaking to everybody else and interacting with everybody else as music was my means of introducing myself to folks…
“As songwriters that’s a part of how we discover what we need to sing about and what we need to write about as a result of if life is just too excellent the songs aren’t very fascinating.”
Hear again to the total episode by way of https://open.spotify.com/episode/7yQ2ZcuY89PCY6Vjpk17z2?si=-G-L19E3Q7ST8g1SzjUkeA.