"While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice."

"In London they don't like you if you're still alive."

"Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate."

"When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada and America, and not one single review suggested that I played the role gay or that I seemed anything but Tevye."

"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."

"The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game."

"Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary."

"A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good."