Brandon Victor Dixon

My hero is Michael Jackson. Was and continues to be. He's amazing. When I was growing up, it was the time of 'Thriller' and 'Bad.' I'd come home from school and put on the vinyls. I'd put on a white V-neck T-shirt and roll back the carpet and dance for hours. I'd moonwalk and do the spins. ”

If people are coming to 'Hamilton' to leave their politics behind, you came to the wrong show. ”

Coming out in a bedazzled tank top and silver jeans and singing 'Superstar' with a 36-piece band and 28 dancers around me is one of the dopest things I've ever had the opportunity to do. ”

I really only knew the name Berry Gordy growing up, but I didn't know what he looked like or anything about him. ”

The time for frivolous entertainment has passed. You can be entertained while at the same time learning from and growing with the people around you. ”

I'm artistically critical of my own work. ”

As a country, we like to ignore our past. We don't like to look at it. ”

As artists, our job is to communicate thoughts and tell stories. ”

I think that there is such power with the live performance of it - so much of what 'Motown' is about is the live performance aspect, really. The power of our production is really the music and the performances. ”

Berry Gordy is a music legend, and we all know that, but I don't think Berry gets enough credit for his involvement with the civil rights movement. ”