I didn’t really think I liked jazz all that much until I was about 18. That’s when the freedom and possibilities of it began to seem appealing to me. Brian Stokes Mitchell Read Quote
I don’t recommend skipping college, but things have worked out for me. Brian Stokes Mitchell Read Quote
I have been fortunate in my career to play a lot of lead roles. The downside to that is I don’t have a life outside of the show. I go on lockdown even with my wife if the show is really difficult and I am having vocal problems. Brian Stokes Mitchell Read Quote
One of the interesting things an artist does is they keep rediscovering things, whether it’s a jazz piece or a role you’ve done for 3,000 performances or a song you’re singing for the 3,000th time. My job is to find that spark that keeps it fresh and alive. Brian Stokes Mitchell Read Quote
I like to capture the spirit of what the writers intended but find my own nuances. That comes from jazz – the invention and freeness within a structure. Brian Stokes Mitchell Read Quote
If you can make an audience laugh, you can make them love any character. Brian Stokes Mitchell Read Quote
There are some projects where you have to just start doing it, and, after a while, the show starts telling you what it wants to be. You put your spirit in and, after a while, something bigger takes over, and it turns out to be much more fun and creative than what it was at the beginning. Brian Stokes Mitchell Read Quote
