“Everybody has been amazing, and the energy is really beautiful. I’m replacing my friend Condola”

I’m in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same.

She’s pretty amazing.

She can switch up the delivery, but it’s still with the right intention.

That’s what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

That’s how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

I think L.A. is beautiful.

I grew up in New York and I’ve always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person.

I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.

And I’m not sure if he [made his comments on Trayvon] because he was asked a question and he was trying to be diplomatic and neutral – that can’t happen.

My mother’s a pretty warm, open person.

I was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like “Wait, what’s happening?” so I Googled it.

I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.

I realized in school I didn’t like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call.

I feel like they’re talking about someone else we both know.

During the first show, I was like, “Wow, I’m onstage with Ms. Tyson!”

It is not even a protection if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams

The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.

Your wealth is where your friends are.

Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

I had to say something. Kelly’s nomination would go against who President Obama is.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.