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" I've been sort of gentrification-obsessed. Right before I left Oakland in 2012, I was feeling it. Now I go back sporadically, and the change is drastic. "

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" I think this idea of a big break is a lie. "

" At some point, I'll do more McDonald's commercials if I have to. "

" Writing rap songs is about flow, about one word blending seamlessly into the next and creating a thing that is possible to perform in a way that feels natural. "

" I call myself a nerd all the time. "

" Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth. "

" What writing a poem really does - and what figuring how to perform effectively really does - is forces people to listen to you. It frames your thoughts in such a way that grabs people's attentions and forces them to hear the things that you're actually saying. "

" It wasn't until I got out in the world and started worked professionally when I realized that the people I admired were the ones who had taken the little snippets of what they learned that worked for them - and strung them together in their own technique. "

" I'm an artist, so days don't start on any regular time. "

" We're very used to seeing a huge diversity of white people. You never just expect two white people on TV to feel the same way. "

" Clipping is a very specific, concept-y thing. We have all these rules: we don't sample drums. We create all our own sounds. I don't speak in the first person. We come from a background of experimental music like John Cage... Philip Glass. "

" I have a recognizable silhouette. "

" I think rappers spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is new. 'How can I say this in a way that no one has ever said it before?' "

" Often, the people I'm working with on music are separate from the rest of my life. "

" I've always gravitated toward technical music in general. I love jazz fusion. "

" My favorite Prince album is 'Sign o' the Times.' "

" Being multiracial has allowed me to feel comfortable walking in all different circles. "

" As a kid, I was very shy. "

" If a project feels good to you, say yes. And do it with everything that you have and hope that the outcome is good. "

" Neither of my parents live in Oakland anymore. They both got priced out. "

" To walk into a casting room full of people who look like you is a crazy thing. What is the thing that necessitates all of us having the exact same shade of skin and having the same hair? What about this deodorant commercial needs that? "

" The act of being nice to somebody at Starbucks is actually a huge thing. It's a real change you can effect in somebody's life every day. "

" The way we make history exciting to learn about is by breaking down the barriers that are already set up between these people. "

" Everybody from the Bay has a superiority complex because we're dope. "

" I've always been very supported. I've never really been sad. I've just been broke. They are very different things. "

" As more doors open for me, I try to always bring people who I know through. "

" All the way on the West Coast, never having seen a Broadway show, it was like, 'They don't want me. There's nothing there for me.' I'd come to New York a lot and never even tried to see a Broadway show. There was no reason for me to do that. "

" Recording vocals has the same kind of physical demands as you experience a lot in theater work. "

" I was so stressed, man. When I was 17, I was so worried about what the hell was going to happen. "

" I warm up a lot harder for a Clipping show than I ever did for 'Hamilton.' "