29 Quotes by Okieriete Onaodowan

I just loved listening to hip-hop, I love the words. The angry words resonated with me.

Broadway needs to let go of any fear that it won't succeed and take a knee. There's this rhetoric about being grateful and happy that you're getting paid for your art. We are told to put our own stuff aside, but doesn't everyone have a job they should just shut up and do?

It was just really exciting to see dark people in white people's clothing, or what is perceived as white people garb.

That's how diversity becomes a gimmick or device, when it is introduced but not supported.

I hated high school.

If people feel strongly and passionately about something, I'll let them speak strongly and passionately - I'm not going to tell them not to.

I knew nothing of American History because I didn't pay attention to American History in school. Because I did not see myself in American History in school.

What we do in theatre is unlike film or any other medium. We can never really truly see the work that we made because we're in in.

When you have a platform and people listen, it's very important what you chose to say.