John Legend: 'Fatherhood is humbling'
John Legend has found fatherhood to be a "humbling process".
The 37-year-old singer welcomed daughter Luna, his first child with wife Chrissy Teigen, in April (16).
Since then, the couple have been sharing cute videos and pictures
of the tot on their social media pages, and the All Of Me singer
couldn’t help but gush about his family in a new interview.
"I think it shifts your priorities a bit, gives you a new
perspective," he smiled to Notion magazine. "You realize what’s
important for you, for your family and for your career.
"It just takes over your life when you have a child. I spent a lot
of time at home with her for the first three months and with my
wife, you know, it just humbles you."
It's the process of learning to adapt to having a child that John
thinks unites new parents.
"Everyone struggles with being a new parent, everyone’s trying to
figure it out and I think it’s a humbling process," he added.
John is a relative newcomer to the music industry when compared to
his peers, having released his debut album Get Lifted in 2004.
Since then, he has become one of the world's most beloved singers,
and even won the Academy Award for Best Original Song alongside
Common for their track Glory from the movie Selma.
But John told the magazine he is grateful he was older when he
first made a name for himself, because he had a better grasp on
reality.
"I think it was helpful for me to become famous when I was an adult
already; I was twenty-six years old," he said. "I think it’s harder
for people that become famous when they’re a lot younger because
you never had to be an adult without being in this very unrealistic
world."