Every day alive in the 'Power' world is a beautiful day.
There's nothing wrong with being honest about what you are.
It is relatively impossible for people to have clear perspectives on themselves when they're in the midst of them, and often harder to recollect after the times, eras, and situations themselves have passed.
Berry Gordy is a music legend, and we all know that, but I don't think Berry gets enough credit for his involvement with the civil rights movement.
My love for The Four Tops cannot be expressed greatly enough.
I love theater. You can't replicate the live format.
Everyone you talk to in the world, whether they know it or not, because the catalog is so vast, a lot of times people have favorite songs that are Motown songs that they didn't even know were Motown songs.
'Hamilton' and 'Shuffle Along' are closely connected because the ensembles are all friends, and they both deal with historical figures and the impact they've made on American life.
That's the kind of work I like to do: challenging work that has a message.
Every experience I've had with 'Power' has been so great, so to become a series regular was fantastic.
I'm an artist - I'm an actor - so when I'm looking for something, I'm looking for stories.
I grew up as a Christian, and one of the many things in Christian mythology that did not dovetail with real life is that human beings are not monochromatic in their being.
I'm an activist and advocate. I have empathy. It is hard to ignore causes.
The time for frivolous entertainment has passed. You can be entertained while at the same time learning from and growing with the people around you.
I'm artistically critical of my own work.
We, as a society, have become very fixed in our ideas of how things were, how they are, and how they should be.
Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness.
We welcome Donald Trump at 'Hamilton,' absolutely.
I have a wide range of influences - I mean, first of all, I am a big, big fan of old soul music. Then, there's people like Donny Hathaway, Elton John... a diverse array of music.
Oh, yeah - 'The Good Wife' was a lot of fun to do. It was a short scene I did, but Josh Charles was very nice, and Julianna Margulies was so sweet. We had a very good time.
