JrLeslie Odom To get even realer with you for a second, as a black actor, as a performer of color, I don’t know how many more roles like Aaron Burr are gonna come along for me. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom I’ve realized along the way that a lot of things that I do as a performer are about waiting for somebody to write something for me or develop something for me, but music, music was the thing that I don’t have to wait for anybody’s permission to do. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom I know what not being able to pay your bills feels like real well… I know that way better than a room full of beautiful people and Tony awards and Grammy awards. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom I know what feeling broke feels like real well. I know that real well. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom You must be an artist and a citizen of the world. You must speak to this stuff that’s happening. You must do what you can to shine a light on it, help people through it. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom It’s not about doing something that’s as big as ‘Hamilton.’ That may never happen again, and that’s okay. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom I’ve been fortunate in my life. It hasn’t been easy, but there has been a focus on the positive, and it has reverberated. Eventually, the outlook mirrors itself back to you in the friends you have, in the partner that you choose. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom I wanted to make an album that was hopeful and encouraging and inspiring. That was the goal. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom 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. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom 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. – Leslie Odom, Jr
JrLeslie Odom 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. – Leslie Odom, Jr
