Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes

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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1981

Topics

MusicWaitingMeWaitWayWrite

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is.

Jock Sturges

PeopleAmbitionInterestingYouLook

I'm not interested in forcing my music on people, and that's what the whole music industry nowadays is based on is forcing stations to play it, forcing people to listen to it.

John Frusciante

MusicPeoplePlayListenIndustry

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Soren Kierkegaard

FreedomPeopleThoughtSpeechDemand

Every song is a long process. First I have to write a story for it, and then to make it into a song, I have to make it short and then shorter - so it's not easy!

Sonita Alizadeh

SongStoryProcessShortLongEasy

America needs to get over it. We can't control everything. We can't control the storms.

Russel Honore

ControlAmericaOverEverythingGet

2014 was a year of intense social upheaval. In truth, the same could be said for most every year. There is no standstill in a world filled with so many people, scrambling for so much.

Roxane Gay

TruthPeopleWorldYearSaidSame

Obamacare is, quite simply, the federal version of Romneycare.

Mike DeWine

SimplyObamacareQuiteVersion

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

Mike Lee

ScienceYouSayDebtScience Fiction

My mother was a huge Steelers fan, so they were my team growing up.

Deron Williams

MotherTeamGrowing UpGrowingUp

Yeah, some kids called me fish lips because I had these really full lips. Now I'm sure all those same girls are getting collagen injections, so I'm having the last laugh.

Denise Richards

MeLaughFishLipsNowSame

I represent my community, and I represent my people. And I've got to be honest if something seems questionable.

Wyatt Cenac

CommunityPeopleHonestSomething

All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one wishes to define computation will determine your view of what computation consists of.

Seth Lloyd

ThoughtViewInformationWishesWill

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