I’ve been writing all my life, and playing bass came later on, when I was about 26. What I recognized with poetry and music that I had a different voice – there were things I wanted to express that I could not as an actor or even as a director. It was another avenue of expression that my soul needs. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
Though my music audience is cross-generational, like my television audience, my core demographic is people like myself. People who have grown up on hip-hop, but hip-hop doesn’t necessarily speak to us any longer. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
Our differences – in race, sexual preference, economic – have always been used as distractions to keep us divided. We get so wrapped up in our own stories that we can’t hear each other. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
Since the beginning of establishment, poets and spoken word artists have always been both vocal supporters and critics of government. And in this age of Trump as President, alternative facts, falsehoods becoming truth at the send of a tweet, it’s vital that spoken word poetry does its job helping to keep folks ‘woke’ and not numb or shut down. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
Theater is my favorite platform. Television is my favorite paycheck. The more television I can do, the more theater I can do. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
I don’t belong to a motorcycle club, but I know a lot of guys who do. I ride with some guys who do. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
When we’ve had images that perpetuate the negative stereotype of people of color, we’ve always had ‘The Cosby Show’ to hold up against that. And the fact that we no longer have that kinda leaves us not in a great place in terms of having the wide scope of the images of people of color. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
It’s hard not to look at the road of the media and how the media is a big part of painting a picture for public opinion. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
When you’re an independent artist, you need as much play or promotion as you can get. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
I have accepted that even when Mr. Cosby is long gone, I will still get asked about him. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
