The name John Legend is no misnomer—he really is as legendary as his title suggests.
The EGOT-winning singer-songwriter, pianist and producer has won pretty much every accolade under the sun and released 10 albums since his debut in 2004, and he’s done anything but rest on his laurels since. He’s been a coach on NBC’s The Voice, is the co-founder of his own production company and is also a member of Spotify’s coveted Billions Club. If you can’t get enough of his romantic and heartfelt lyrics, keep scrolling to discover 50 of them to try out as your next Instagram caption.
For knowing social media just makes you miserable:
“Turnin’ off my phone ’cause it’s hurtin’ my chest.”
-“Preach”
For when together, the whole universe belongs to you:
“Ain’t nobody in the world tonight. All of the stars, you make them shine like they were ours.”
-“You & I (Nobody in the World)”
For realizing we’re all just trying to figure life out:
“Cause everybody knows, that nobody really knows how to make it work, or how to ease the hurt.”
-“Everybody Knows”
For loving them precisely as they are:
“I won’t ever try to change you, change you. I will always want the same you, same you.”
-“Conversations in the Dark”
For knowing what you have is real and lasting:
“I’m in love with you, but this ain’t the honeymoon. We’re past the infatuation phase. We’re right in the thick of love.”
-“Ordinary People”
For when nighttime is always the hardest:
“It’s too dark in this part of night. I need somebody who can make it right.”
-“Save the Night”
For when all your fairy tale fantasies start coming true:
“You proved my fantasy of love could really be.”
-“So High”
For being with the person who feels like your destiny:
“I was sent here for you. We were made to love.”
-“Made to Love”
For hoping you still need you like you still need them:
“Oh, oh, convince me you miss me, your heart still beats as fast as mine.”
-“We Loved It”
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For the love that leaves you in a daze:
“And I’m so dizzy, don’t know what hit me, but I’ll be alright.”
-“All of Me”
For knowing you need to act:
“I can’t sit and hope, I can’t just sit and pray.”
-“Preach”
(Legend via Republic)
For the romance that holds you together:
“But I know what’s in my heart. If you ain’t mine, I’ll be torn apart.”
-“Love Me Now”
For when it’s the right person, wrong time:
“Baby, it seems the time is never right. You’re goin’ left and I’m goin’ right.”
-“Dreams”
For feeling the truth in your bones:
“‘Cause I may not know a lot of things, but I feel it in my chest.”
-“Surefire”
For not having all of the answers:
“We’re just ordinary people. We don’t know which way to go.”
-“Ordinary People”
For when infatuation is a wild rush of emotions:
“There’s a hurricane in my head, but the lightnin’ in my heart. Makes it worth it.”
-“Nervous”
For hanging in there with your eyes on the prize:
“Don’t be afraid of a little bit of pain. Pleasure is on the other side.”
-“Save Room”
For just letting the music in you take over:
“I don’t know why I keep moving my body. I don’t know if this is wrong or if it’s right.”
-“Start a Fire”
For feeling optimistic about another year:
“And this is a new year for love.”
-“Love in the Future”
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For always being happy with the right person by your side:
“You’re my end and my beginning. Even when I lose, I’m winning.”
-“All of Me”
For when you’re not sure what you can do to change:
“Heaven knows I’m not helpless, but what can I do?”
-“Preach”
For living in the moment because there’s no guarantee:
“Oh I don’t know how the years will go down, it’s alright. Let’s make the most of every moment tonight.”
-“Love Me Now”
For when love starts making music hit different:
“Is that music in my ear? It’s like I heard nothing for a thousand years.”
-“For the First Time”
For the start of something special:
“I’m ready, whatever time. It’s the beginning of forever.”
-“The Beginning”
For betting everything on love:
“Cards on the table, we’re both showing hearts. Risking it all, though it’s hard.”
-“All of Me”
For still crushing on the one you’ve been with forever:
“I can fall for you forever, I’m certain, ‘causе I still get nervous.”
-“Nervous”
For the one you always look to for guidance:
“When I’m lost, you give me order. Pull me back and push me forward.”
-“U Move, I Move”
For when you all care about is a fun time:
“Can’t nobody stop us now. Oh, I just know I feel so good tonight.”
-“Start a Fire”
For needing to see someone’s true self:
“Leave your house of mirrors, hear me out. Fear no consequence, forget your doubts.”
-“Start”
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For that unconditional kind of love:
“‘Cause all of me loves all of you. Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.”
-“All of Me”
For recognizing what you’ve lost:
“It’s so crystal clear now that I need you here now. Got to get you back today.”
-“This Time”
For wondering if what you have will survive:
“Even when we try so hard for that perfect kind of love, it could all fall apart.”
-“Love Me Now”
For when love threatens to drag you under:
“Love is an ocean, swimming and try not to drown.”
-“Hold on Longer”
For the person who showed you your own potential:
“Baby, since the day you came into my life, you made me realize that we were born to fly.”
-“So High”
For when things feel anything but certain:
“Maybe we’ll live and learn. Maybe we’ll crash and burn.”
-“Ordinary People”
For when they’re all you want in this life:
“Don’t want nobody else. All your loving, all or nothing.”
-“One Woman Man”
For when loving them isn’t enough:
“All I could do was love you.”
-“Used to Love U”
For staying up until sunrise with someone special:
“Talk, let’s have conversations in the dark. World is sleeping, I’m awake with you, with you.”
-“Conversations in the Dark”
For getting trapped in the same old patterns:
“The cycle never ends, never ends. Oh you’re doing it again.”
-“Again”
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For the one who’s your everything:
“You’re my downfall, you’re my muse. My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues.”
-“All of Me”
For dropping fake friends:
“I let go of all of the other pretenders. They were wasting my time.”
-“One Woman Man”
For recognizing someone’s intrinsic beauty:
“You fix your make-up, just so. Guess you don’t know, that you’re beautiful.”
-“You & I (Nobody in the World)”
For finally unlocking a piece of your soul:
“It’s like I can feel, it’s like I can breathe, it’s like I can live, it’s like I can love, for the first time, for the first time.”
-“For the First Time”
For wishing they could take up all of your time:
“But there ain’t nothing I would rather do than blow off all my plans for you.”
-“Conversations in the Dark”
For fighting for your relationship, no matter what:
“And though love sometimes hurts, I still put you first, and we’ll make this thing work.”
-“Ordinary People”
For when someone has you feeling all jittery inside:
“Adrenaline runnin’ through my veins. I’m a skeleton when you say my name.”
-“Nervous”
For when you don’t need labels to know what you have:
“I don’t need words, you don’t need to say it. Go with the feeling, and I’ll do the same.”
-“U Move, I Move”
For crushing hard on a stranger:
“I don’t know what your name is, but I like it.”
-“Start a Fire”
For paving a new path together:
“Float away with me until we can’t see any coast that we know.”
-“Start”
For when you just can’t figure them out:
“You’ve got my head spinning, no kidding, I can’t pin you down. What’s goin’ on in that beautiful mind?”
-“All of Me”
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