"Before I worked with Kanye West..." - John Legend

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Channel: University of Pennsylvania · 2008 · Education

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TRANSCRIPT: "Before I worked with Kanye West. Before I performed with Stevie Wonder. Way, way before my solo album and the Grammy for best new artist. Before all of that this was my studio.

Today my greatest influences are my family, soul music and the University of Pennsylvania."


JOHN LEGEND
Grammy-winning recording artist
Class of 1999

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