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" I didn't know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage. "

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" Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience. "

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Do The Right Thing

" The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic. "

" I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project. "

" I love sharing my story. It's endlessly healing. "

" I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what's going on. "

" Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, it's a quiet thing. At least for me it was. "

" When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory. "

" The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things. "

" I don't dance like I used to, but I'm moving and I'll be doing my form of dance at Town Hall... I hit my limitations but I learn to work with what I've got. "

" Everyone I've worked with has been good. You learn from the good, what's good, and you learn from the bad what not to do. "

" Our creator says, 'Here's your birth and here's your death' - and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience - and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on. "

" People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing - the more love we spread around the world the more it's going to change lives. "

" I used to dance, but now I only move. "

" If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll get good things back. That's part of our responsibility as entertainers. "