Quotes from Brandon Victor Dixon

I practice a personal meditation and have a gala apple before each show.

We need to encourage people to speak up, to speak out, because the more people who participate in our democracy, the more our democracy grows.

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.

'Rent' audiences tend to be pretty vocal. They scream and cheer a lot.

I think that it's important to make criticisms of the government as a whole and criticisms of the policies, but to do so in a way that you can invite the individuals who maybe were on the opposition before, or who voted for somebody whom you are in disagreement with... that you open the door for a conversation with those people.

There's nothing wrong with being honest about what you are.

I really only knew the name Berry Gordy growing up, but I didn't know what he looked like or anything about him.

I always wanted to be a Broadway star. That's actually what I wanted to be when I was a kid. I wanted to be the 19-year-old sensation on Broadway. It took a little bit longer than that.

I spent summers in my room listening to cast albums, like 'Les Miserables,' every night. I knew it backwards and forwards. I want to be the first black Jean Valjean.

My business partner Warren Adams and I formed our company WalkRunFly as part of what felt like a logical progression: if you want to execute things to your satisfaction, then you want to have as much control as you can. That leads to helping create work for others, not just yourself.

That's the kind of work I like to do: challenging work that has a message.

I feel like the more we speak for and support others, the less we'll have to worry about speaking for and supporting ourselves.

Nothing surprises me about Berry Gordy.

As artists, our job is to communicate thoughts and tell stories.

Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness.

Every day alive in the 'Power' world is a beautiful day.

Part of the elements of the electoral college is creation. Certainly it was created in slave states and them wanting to balance power, but there's not a specific set of the country always determining who the president is.

Coming out in a bedazzled tank top and silver jeans and singing 'Superstar' with a 36-piece band and 28 dancers around me is one of the dopest things I've ever had the opportunity to do.

We welcome Donald Trump at 'Hamilton,' absolutely.

I grew up in the Episcopal Church, went to private school in that church, went to chapel every day.

The producers, the creators, and the cast, we recognize that 'Hamilton' is an inherently American story told by the definition of an American community; we are men and women of different colors, creeds, and orientations.

Telling diverse stories is at the heart of our culture.

If you empathize with your fellow humans on stage, you can't help but do so offstage as well.

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.