I was chatting to John before the show
and I was like so what are you gonna do
while we're setting up and he's like
what I can just hang out with the
audience and they can ask me questions
and so and so I said you wouldn't want
to do that John they're animals so if
you've ever wanted to ask John Legend a
question don't ask him for like a record
deal don't make it something like
awkward like real questions like this is
your moment to interview John Legend so
if you have a question that yeah yes
ma'am you went up first I don't think he
knows anything yet my daughter's very
aware of my music she requests it
finally when I made the Christmas album
she started requesting my music from me
so she she will like ask to listen to
that as Christmas music and in April any
time of year
she doesn't care so I've been listening
to my Christmas album for like eight
months now you know can I tell you what
I found really amazing is so Chrissy
Teigen John Legend you guys are like
hashtag couple goals everyone envies you
know you you seem like you have the most
fun together and then I feel like you
have the perfect kids no because your
daughter looks exactly like Chrissy like
you go like this is mini Chrissy Teigen
and then your son the first time I saw
the picture I thought Chrissy Teigen had
done a Face Swap it looks a lot like me
he looked he is you he has my
personality too are you so far yeah yeah
do you do you think either of them will
get into music you know we'll see I
would love it if they loved music but
I'm not gonna pressure there I'm right
gonna be like you know you have to go to
piano lessons you can be an accountant
on the piano anymore yes sir well most
of us not free really I I think it's
better than you know it being pirated
because it at least gives us an
opportunity to be compensated for our
work so even when it's free if there's
ads we're getting paid off of the ad
revenue and if you pay you know
your membership fee or whatever we're
getting a portion of that as well and
not just me I'm rich I'm fine but
honestly there's a lot of songwriters
and musicians and producers that aren't
rich and they deserve to get compensated
for the work that they do and so I'm
happy that there's a regime now that
actually accounts for the spins and make
sure that if people's work is being used
to make money that they're getting a
piece of that money and so I think
that's a good thing let me ask you this
do you think do you think streaming has
improved the way we consume music or do
you think it's made music more
disposable well I think it's changed it
I think it makes us listen to singles I
think more than we did maybe 20 years
ago whereas I think there was an album
era I think the old days there was more
of a singles era actually like I don't
know the exact dates but probably 60s
there was more of a singles era but I
think we're in a singles era again so
it's kind of making the album a little
bit of a dinosaur that the whole form
right but people are still listening to
albums all the way through but I think
less so than they used to but I actually
think people consuming more music now
than they ever have because they have
access to so much music but I think
people are just mixing it the way they
want to mix it their play listing it
they're listening to curated playlists
and so you're just getting less emphasis
on the album as a form now
all right y'all let's get ready for the
performance John Legend everybody
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