John Legend - March 10, 2005

Here are some of the highlights from the Interview.

Raul: When you were walking around the house as a kid listening to Stevie did you ever think you would end up playing him?

John Legend: Naa, no way. I never thought I would play him. You know, part of you doesn’t even want to touch that kind of thing you just want to leave it alone and let it be what it is and not try to invite to many comparisons. But, this is a cool opportunity, and this is a cool show and I know a lot of people like this show and I thought it would be cool to do it.
It was fun. I think it’s gonna turn out looking good. They shot it in a cool way. They used the old black and white as well as color and it looks cool. It looks really good?

Raul: I interviewed Fantasia when she was here doing Aretha and she was so thrilled to even sing a song let alone just portray her and she had never met Aretha. What about you and Stevie have you met Stevie?

John Legend: I met him once and I don’t think he really knew who was being introduced to him at the time, because he didn’t put two and two together. He didn’t know my name at the time. I had just performed at the Smokey Robinson Tribute which he had also performed at for BET. India Arie had introduced me to him and she was just like, look out for him in the future, cause you’re gonna hear a lot from him, to Stevie. And hopefully he will hear a lot from me, and hopefully maybe we’ll get to work together but atleast I would love to sit down and talk to him at some point cause he’s definitely a big inspiration.