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

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

" I have a recognizable silhouette. "

" History is about who tells it. "

" To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain. "

" I went to Hebrew school but opted out of a bar mitzvah. "

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" I have all of Kendrick Lamar on vinyl. "

" 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? "

" I was really aware, even while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life. "

" 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. "

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" I make the energy to go out. You can't let the Broadway schedule run you. "

" 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. "

" Being an emcee onstage is mostly about crowd control, about monitoring energy levels. "

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