I think rappers spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is new. 'How can I say this in a… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
Hip-hop was indifferent to Broadway. We didn't need Broadway, but I think Broadway needed hip-hop. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts concise. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
If you do enough rap shows, you get a pretty good sense of an audience. You start to develop this sense of… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
That's what hip-hop is - it's about meeting the music where you are, and then you add on top of that. It's… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
It's funny because as a rapper, there is - and this is something that Clipping challenges all the time - there is… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
There's no reason for somebody who's good at writing rap to be good at freestyling. They're different parts of your brain. You… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
I have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
Writing rap songs is about flow, about one word blending seamlessly into the next and creating a thing that is possible to… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
The fact that I got to do the 'Hamilton' BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I've watched the BET Cyphers… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
To walk into a casting room full of people who look like you is a crazy thing. What is the thing that necessitates all… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
I've always gravitated toward technical music in general. I love jazz fusion. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
The way we make history exciting to learn about is by breaking down the barriers that are already set up between these people. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
All the way on the West Coast, never having seen a Broadway show, it was like, 'They don't want me. There's nothing there for… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
I get excited to create things that don't exist in the same world as 'Hamilton' because that world is really well done and doesn't… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
My mom is a white Jewish lady, and my dad is black. The cultures never seemed separate - I had a lot of mixed… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
The fact that I got to do the 'Hamilton' BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I've watched the BET Cyphers since it… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
It wasn't until I got out in the world and started worked professionally when I realized that the people I admired were the ones… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts concise. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share
