Leslie Odom Jr. Quotes

Besides makeup, my other passion is music.

I used to listen to songs on the radio and play that junk back on that little keyboard.

Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder.

I was probably like 13 years old, 14. And I used to walk home doing the beatbox from school. That's how I created it. There was no walkmans back then, no iPods, no CDs. There was just me. Back then there was the boom box.

Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.

We learned a verse of this and that and we were having fun with the songs. Tommy would make up stories to go along with them and I would yell at him, 'Hey, stupid, that's not right,' and he was like a silly kid trying to impress.

I feel like I need to sing again.

I've always listened to music, since I was really, really young.

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid.

My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.

I'm a strong advocate for music. I think guitars are wonderful.

I love singing and performing. I'm always singing. Even if I'm at school or in the car, I'm always singing. My mom said ever since I could talk, I was singing.

I love recording music.

My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house.

I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.

I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watching Ed Sullivan or Milton Berle and watch me.

Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.

I had a very active inner life as a kid. There's a good album or two worth of stuff that I can bring out on a rainy day if I have a loss for inspiration or whatever - even now.

I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.

Acting comes first. I would love to make an album. I was at an event... for Dionne Warwick, and we got to go in the studio and go crazy. I love singing, but it's very time consuming. I have to make time for it.

We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs.

I like to sing, and I like to make records - and that part is fun.

I had this old wind-up phonograph when I was a kid, and I'd listen to records. And the radio.

All I do is make music.