85 Quotes by Brian Tyree Henry

The projects that I've been fortunate enough to do are all projects where I followed my heart. I didn't follow the money or the names. It's all about reflecting my life and my art.

Sometimes, you need someone to believe in you when you don't believe in yourself.

I think that Atlanta has this huge well of black culture and openness to share all the things that we have made there.

I'm very grateful, first of all, for my friends and my family because they keep me grounded, and they make sure I'm taking care of myself and that I'm keeping my sanity about me.

If you are conscious and really want change in this world, and you don't vote, then what was all the fighting for? All the things our parents and our parents' parents fought for?

When people ask me, 'Are you a singer?' I say, 'No, I'm not a 'singer' - but I love the craft of singing,' going in and finding out what that means or why the hell I'm singing in the first place. My thing is really the craft of it.

TV can be a thread between all of us, and it can be a powerful tool to examine life and love and what we all have in common as humans.

You can't share your magic with everyone. Your job is to live within your magic. And if other magical people find you, then let's go and make a brew.

I love the element of surprise, throwing people off of what they think they know about what I can do and who I am. I just want to keep doing that.