Brian Stokes Mitchell Quotes

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 31, 1957

Music, for me, is the most sacred of the arts. I say that because music communicates in a way that no other art form can. All great art has a spirit that we recognize and appreciate, but music goes directly to your heart.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I was raised on jazz. My father, from the time I was born, used to get up early on Saturdays and Sundays and put on Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Kenny Burrell, Sarah Vaughn, John Coltrane - all these great, classic albums.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I'm not a pop singer; I'm not a jazz singer. And I know I sing like not a whole lot of people do; I also know that a lot of other people act like I do. And better than I do. But what informs the singing is the acting. They're not separate from each other.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

To take the ugly language out of 'Ragtime' is to sanitize it, and that does it a great disservice.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I can't remember ever not singing.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

'Ragtime' is about how we get through ugliness, how we talk together, work together, get through it together.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Everybody comes to the planet with certain gifts. It may be writing, it may be acting, it may be singing, it may be being a lawyer, it may be making a beautiful cabinet, it may be being a spectacular dry cleaner. It could be anything. We all have gifts in different areas.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Something is guiding my career; I don't know what it is. When I look back at my career, I call myself the most lucky actor in the world. It is all I have ever done. I do master classes, and I tell people not to use me as an example. I do not know anyone like me - not to brag - it is just very unusual.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

On Broadway, you are working with some incredible people, and they have great reasons for doing things the way they do.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I've always felt that my career was in wiser hands than mine. Whatever, in its good time, is supposed to happen will happen.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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

I don't recommend skipping college, but things have worked out for me.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

'Ragtime' was the most magical show that I've done. I had an incredible experience with that, with the show itself, with the cast, with the audience. The response to that show - my God, it really blew me away, the reactions to that show, the way it changed their lives and altered their thinking, their own self-discovery.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

My job as an entertainer is to give a great show.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I'm having a ball on 'Glee.' It's a joy to be working there - the whole cast is so talented.

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My family's very, very mixed. I am, I guess, a kind of melting pot in a person.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Music is liquid. It's meant to be messed with and played with and stretched and pulled and pushed, I think.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

The first time I really had an influence on a show was during 'Ragtime.' It's still the most magical show that I've ever done.

Brian Stokes Mitchell