I've spent a long time learning my way around a stage as an actor, but this I don't know as well. Humbly, I'm excited to get with a band and perform regularly as an artist and see what I can learn and how I can grow in that space.
From Leslie Odom, Jr.
When I step on the stage and sing 'Wait for It,' I'm singing that for everybody. I don't mean I'm singing it for them; I mean, you are their voice.
When we go and cheer Cynthia Erivo on in 'The Color Purple,' it's because we've elected her to be our voice. She sings 'I'm Here' for all of us.
If I'm allowed it, I'm really looking forward to a little time on the couch and a little time on a beach in Brazil.
I had no vision of me being a part of that show ever. But I was committed to being the first super-fan of 'The Hamilton Mixtape' that there ever was. I was in love with this thing.
It is said an artist spends their whole life trying to get to the place where their heart was first opened up. 'Rent' was that place for me.
'Rent' opened up my heart, my senses. I was never the same. I hadn't been back in that place in the same way since. 'Hamilton' put me back in that place.
'Hamilton' has restored my faith in theater.
I wanted to make an album that was hopeful and encouraging and inspiring. That was the goal.
I grew up in the Canaan Baptist Church.
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