Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes
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Oh, Alexander Hamilton fell short of his best self every now and again, and he still managed to do these wonderful things - well, so do I. So what am I capable of?
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'Hamilton' has restored my faith in theater.
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I know what it's like to be ignored; when I got to L.A., I longed for somebody who looked like me to show me the ropes.
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I wanted to make an album that was hopeful and encouraging and inspiring. That was the goal.
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I think art, at its best, happens on a conscious and a subconscious level.
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I think for a lot of us, you know, what 'Hamilton' gave us the opportunity to, what it gave me the opportunity to do, was to go, 'Here's what I've learned in 35 years.'
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People are coming to you at their most vulnerable; they're showing you the parts of themselves that they're afraid to show: the parts that they're not so sure about, not so secure in. And so it's a really holy profession I think, teaching. If you do it right, it can change somebody's life.
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You gotta prove yourself. I'm not above that. I will never be above that. Bring it!
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I've been in a long-term relationship, and I'll tell you, it's never boring! People trying to merge their lives together always run into challenges.
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Making $1,260 a week at 17 years old? That was a million dollars a week to me!
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We don't get to get swept up, because we have to start over every day at 8 o'clock.
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I remember Ella Fitzgerald sort of coming into my life like a bolt of lightning - like, what is that? It was one of the purest examples of God in art that I'd ever seen.
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I have a great foundation, a great training foundation. But it took me a long time to let the training go.
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My dad was always in sales. My mom had a heart for the ages. Worked in recreation, doing rehabilitation in nursing homes. Very nice, practical folks who were very proud of me but had no inclination toward the stage in any way.
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Sometimes I think of creativity or art as this well that we all draw from.
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I don't have any control over the offers that are going to come to me or not come to me. But I can't go backward, and so that's what's tricky.
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There's this Frank Wildhorn tune 'Sarah' - it's not a widely known tune, but it's my favorite song to sing.
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I don't want to leave anything offstage.
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We want to pull out songs from the American song book, and we want to make them palatable for a modern audience.
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That was the bat signal for me - 'Rent' changed my life. It took me years before I got beyond that show.
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You must be an artist and a citizen of the world. You must speak to this stuff that's happening. You must do what you can to shine a light on it, help people through it.
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When I see the black experience - there's not one, but it is specific, and you can't ignore it.
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I've been involved with 'Hamilton' for about two and a half years. I've learned so much. I came into it a young man. Now I've dropped the 'young.'
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I'm the nap champion.