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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I have a recognizable silhouette. "

" 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 call myself a nerd all the time. "

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

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

" There's no reason for somebody who's good at writing rap to be good at freestyling. They're different parts of your brain. You can develop both skills. I'm a much better writer. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I have all of Kendrick Lamar on vinyl. "

" That's what hip-hop is - it's about meeting the music where you are, and then you add on top of that. It's about coming at it with your full self. "

" Broadway was weird. "

" As a kid, you don't have a ton of spaces where you are honored, where what you think is honored and what you say is revered. "

" 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 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?' "

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

" Being on stage, I know my function. I just do the thing. "

" Learning how to get a point across is pretty useful in any situation. "

" I get excited to create things that don't exist in the same world as 'Hamilton' because that world is really well done and doesn't need me to inform it anymore. "

" Being with a bunch of people who never take a day off means that you're not taking a day off. "

" My parents are not together, but they were both always around. "

" The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts concise. "

" The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them; it's the writing of them, with consonants close enough together that you don't trip up over them. "