A biography for Leslie Odomhasn’t been written yet.
“I haven't gotten hundreds of jobs that I've auditioned for.”
“I know what not being able to pay your bills feels like real well... I know that way better than a room full of beautiful people and Tony awards and Grammy awards.”
“Making $1,260 a week at 17 years old? That was a million dollars a week to me!”
“I grew up in Philadelphia.”
“I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, they got me a tape recorder that I used to walk around my life with. And there was something about recording and then hearing myself back.”
“If I'm allowed it, I'm really looking forward to a little time on the couch and a little time on a beach in Brazil.”
“We want to pull out songs from the American song book, and we want to make them palatable for a modern audience.”
“You gotta prove yourself. I'm not above that. I will never be above that. Bring it!”
“They're people who had flaws and who had affairs and had sex and had scandals, and very rarely do we look at the totality of our heroes' lives.”
“I've been in a long-term relationship, and I'll tell you, it's never boring! People trying to merge their lives together always run into challenges.”
“What is the future going to say about us now? What are our kids going to look at us and say, 'How could you not stop that person from getting into power? How could you not stop that environmental disaster that you saw coming a mile away?'”
“You need to put your head down and... try not to lose hope.”
“I think art, at its best, happens on a conscious and a subconscious level.”
“We didn't go to Broadway musicals when I was growing up; it was too expensive.”
“I'm an artist, and I like art that gets people talking, good or bad. Criticism is good, too.”
“I haven't had a chance to decorate my dressing room yet, but I have these pictures of myself as a kid that I want to put up because I said, 'I really want to make sure that I take that kid with me on this journey.' I want him to experience this.”
“You go see a great production of 'Romeo and Juliet,' where those kids are full of life and love, you hope and forget.”
“I got my Equity Card with my Broadway debut when I did 'Rent.' I was in high school, and I came to New York to do that show.”
“We don't get to get swept up, because we have to start over every day at 8 o'clock.”
“I'm addicted to growth.”