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" Often, the people I'm working with on music are separate from the rest of my life. "
Daveed Diggs
Music
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" Being multiracial has allowed me to feel comfortable walking in all different circles. "
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" Writing is writing. It is all about telling stories, and I've been doing that for so long, in all realms, that it all feels like the same thing to me anyway. "
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" The fact that I got to do the 'Hamilton' BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I've watched the BET Cyphers since it started. I've seen every one. I study them. Because I'm a rapper. It's what you do. "
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" That's the great thing about how 'SVU' works. They work with so many Broadway actors, they are very used to getting us out in time for the show. "
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" I feel like, anytime I'm onstage, I tend to feel very connected with people in the audience or with the sort of heartbeat or tempo of the audience. "
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" It's funny because as a rapper, there is - and this is something that Clipping challenges all the time - there is this idea about authenticity as a rapper, in the fact that you rap things that are yours. That's not what doing a play is. You're interpreting somebody else's words. "
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" TV is really about keeping things fresh and making sure you have the most energy possible for these very short spurts of time. "
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" I have a recognizable silhouette. "
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" Typically, my advice to young artists is not to wait for someone to allow you to do the thing. Just do the thing, and they'll catch up. "
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" My parents are not together, but they were both always around. "
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" As more doors open for me, I try to always bring people who I know through. "
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" 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. "
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" I have all of Kendrick Lamar on vinyl. "
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" History is about who tells it. "
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" College was the first time I felt I really had to choose who my friends were. "
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