Leslie Odom, Jr.

“I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, they got me a tape recorder that I used to walk around my life with. And there was somethi...”

“They're people who had flaws and who had affairs and had sex and had scandals, and very rarely do we look at the totality of our heroes' lives.”

“At 14, 15 years old, I started reading 'Backstage' regularly. Eventually, I got enough courage to look at the auditions section.”

“If you're an open channel when you're onstage, if you're just a vessel, things are going to come out that are stored away deep in your DNA.”

“I kind of think we sort of subconsciously draw things into our lives, whatever we're trying to work through.”

“Oh, Alexander Hamilton fell short of his best self every now and again, and he still managed to do these wonderful things - well, so do I. So what am I capable of?”