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" 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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" There's this thing about authenticity when you rap, right? Whether or not it's real, it has to feel real. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I can jump really high, yeah. I'm proud of that. I'll take it. "

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

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

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

" That's the great thing about being a teenager. You think you're a genius. "

" I miss doing a straight play. "

" Some people get a Broadway show, and that's their end game, and they want to sit there for as long as possible. And some people have other things they want to do with their life. "

" There's a lot of spaces that care about what kids are buying. There are a lot of spaces that care about what kids are watching. But there aren't a lot of spaces that care about what kids are saying. "

" I'm aware that not everybody gets that feeling of ease walking through the world that I have. "

" My mom is a white Jewish lady, and my dad is black. The cultures never seemed separate - I had a lot of mixed friends. When I was young, I identified with being Jewish, but I embraced my dad's side, too. "

" I have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and I've trained myself to do; it's a thing I do in the Bay Area. "

" I have a recognizable silhouette. "

" I have all of Kendrick Lamar on vinyl. "

" 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. "

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

" I sort of have this feeling about change in general. We can make baby steps on a macro level. We can try to shift policy, voting and changing who's in office. But we can make huge, sweeping changes on a personal level and in your immediate circle, or just the people around you. "

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

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

" I didn't aspire to be on Broadway. "

" I've always been a fan of 'Black-ish.' "

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

" TV is really about keeping things fresh and making sure you have the most energy possible for these very short spurts of time. "

" I liked being on stage because it gave me a reason to be around people. The other great thing about acting is it allows you to imagine circumstances different from your own. I was a poor Bay Area kid getting to pretend to be a Russian aristocrat. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "