John Legend doesn't sing in the shower.

"I think when you sing so much, like I do for a living, you end up not doing it as much for fun anymore," he chuckles. "So I guess that's an unfortunate by product of how much I sing in front of audiences — I don't feel like singing in the shower anymore."

He doesn't sing to impress the ladies either.

"They're going to be disappointed," he grins. "I don't sing a lot on dates. If anything they already know I'm a singer so it's not really necessary to prove that. I try to win them over with my charming personality," Legend laughs.

And that seems to work just fine — although he's now got a steady girlfriend, he has a bit of a reputation as a player. Not that he minds too much.

"I make R&B music so I think there are worse things in the world to be considered than a ladies man," he smiles. "I think it's all good.

"Mainly I just focus on the music though, that's what I do, that's what I love to do, that's what I'm about. Whether I'm performing, writing songs, or I'm recording, it's about the music," Legend adds.

"The things that come along, the celebrity is fine, everything is fine — but if I'm not making good music, it doesn't really matter," says the man responsible for hits like 'Ordinary People' and 'Green Light'.

"I just love making music, that's what I was put here to do? make the world a better place through music."

So he brings the music to the people.

"I'm excited when I go on stage," he tells me. "I love it."

"I don't want to make it seem like it's just work — when I go on stage it's just fun for me. I love that feeling of hearing the crowd roaring, singing along, seeing them dance, seeing them give in to the music, that?s really what I do this for. It's a thrill every night to see that."

And South African crowds, it turns out, provide some of the biggest thrills.

"When we play, we just have such a great response here," says the return visitor. "The crowds are great, the energy is great, the spirit of the people is great — and I wish I came back more often actually. I don't come here enough. So I'd love to come back more," he gushes.