I love the theater, and I just don't love television like that. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I think I just had it by osmosis: an appreciation of Duke Ellington before I really even knew who he was. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Appreciation Copy Share Image
There's a lot of risk involved in acting, and you can't take the same kind of risks when you have a kid… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Acting Copy Share Image
Fear is destructive. Fear and creativity don't mix. Ultimately, it doesn't do you any good. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Creativity Copy Share Image
My favorite music is jazz, actually. It's what I listen to, it's what I was raised on, and it's what I prefer… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm having a ball on 'Glee.' It's a joy to be working there - the whole cast is so talented. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
On Broadway, you are working with some incredible people, and they have great reasons for doing things the way they do. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
I don't recommend skipping college, but things have worked out for me. — Brian Stokes Mitchell College Copy Share Image
I studied film scoring and orchestration and conducting and arranging in my twenties, and I scored a lot of television shows and… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Film Copy Share Image
I love rearranging and reimagining tunes, so I want my audience to enjoy hearing songs in a new way and make their… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
There is a built-in appreciation for music that is so much a part of the LDS culture. Utahns know that music can… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Appreciation Copy Share Image
I have been fortunate in my career to play a lot of lead roles. The downside to that is I don't have… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I always like to talk about how important space is. Art is in the spaces. Anybody can sing a note; it takes… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
To me, a theater is a kind of a sacred space. It needs a kind of ceremony, like what happens when you… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
That's what I love about New York. So many people crowded together, pushing against one another. And that's what I hate about… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of odd meters. For example, I've decided to sing 'No Business Like Show Business,' but I'll be doing it… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Business Copy Share Image
Astaire was ballroom, basically, and Gene Kelly had such athleticism - that's always what I responded to and what just blew my… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
My mother was the first African-American policewoman in Seattle - recruited, actually - and she did it for only 2 years, as… — Brian Stokes Mitchell African american Copy Share Image
Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
There are some projects where you have to just start doing it, and, after a while, the show starts telling you what… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Beginning Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things an artist does is they keep rediscovering things, whether it's a jazz piece or a role you've… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Art Copy Share Image
I've been really fortunate that my concert career has taken off hugely. I can make a living. I enjoy performing in front… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
The thing about doing concerts is that it's doing a live show. It's on my schedule. It's songs I want to sing.… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Concert Copy Share Image
I'm not a pop singer; I'm not a jazz singer. And I know I sing like not a whole lot of people… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Acting Copy Share Image
Through most of my life, music has been like a radio that plays and plays in my head. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I was 6 years old, I asked my parents for an organ. I don't have any idea why I wanted an organ. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Idea Copy Share Image
I hate those vacuous musicals, the happy-happy, 'Let's have a good time' shows. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I kind of feel the career chose me. My motto has always been, 'Go where I'm wanted.' — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
Music is liquid. It's meant to be messed with and played with and stretched and pulled and pushed, I think. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
When you're doing eight shows a week, you don't have much of a personal life. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
If you can make an audience laugh, you can make them love any character. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Audience Copy Share Image
My father was a huge jazz fan, so I remember him playing Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughn, and Count Basie. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Father Copy Share Image
Honestly, I hate watching myself on TV - I have always hated watching myself and listening to myself. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Hate Copy Share Image
At our house, we'd always open presents with our Christmas records playing. 'Little Drummer Boy' was one of my favorites when I… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I moved to Los Angeles, I thought, 'Whatever hits, I'll go that direction. If it's music, fine; if it's acting, fine.' — Brian Stokes Mitchell Acting Copy Share Image
Years ago, I couldn't get arrested in commercials because of my look: 'Is he Jewish, Hispanic, or African-American?' I ended up doing… — Brian Stokes Mitchell African american Copy Share Image
I like to capture the spirit of what the writers intended but find my own nuances. That comes from jazz - the… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
The first time I really had an influence on a show was during 'Ragtime.' It's still the most magical show that I've… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
One of the best pieces of wisdom I ever got is you work because you work, meaning you work because you're saying… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
The older I get, I realize, 'Man, I'm a very rare bird,' and that's not because of necessarily my talent or ability;… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Bird Copy Share Image
