I coach young people. I have a group called BTP – Broadway Theatre Project.
BEN VEREENI coach young people. I have a group called BTP – Broadway Theatre Project.
BEN VEREENPeople talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it’s a real thing – the more love we spread around the world the more it’s going to change lives.
BEN VEREENSometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, its a quiet thing. At least for me it was.
BEN VEREENYou’ve got to make haste while it’s still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don’t want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.
BEN VEREENOur creator says, ‘Here’s your birth and here’s your death’ – and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience – and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on.
BEN VEREENLive stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There’s nothing like a live audience.
BEN VEREENI want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing.
BEN VEREENI didn’t know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.
BEN VEREENThe death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
BEN VEREENEveryone I’ve worked with has been good. You learn from the good, what’s good, and you learn from the bad what not to do.
BEN VEREENYou’ve got to make haste while it’s still light of day.
BEN VEREENThe stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.
BEN VEREENIf we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you’ll get good things back. That’s part of our responsibility as entertainers.
BEN VEREENAs I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show.
BEN VEREENI used to dance, but now I only move.
BEN VEREENI go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what’s going on.
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