Some people get a Broadway show, and that's their end game, and they want to sit there for as long as possible. And some people have other things they want to do with their life.

I love that 'Black-ish' is a pretty traditional sitcom, structurally. It functions like the sitcoms from the '80s and '90s that I grew up with.

Being on stage, I know my function. I just do the thing.

There's a lot of spaces that care about what kids are buying. There are a lot of spaces that care about what kids are watching. But there aren't a lot of spaces that care about what kids are saying.

TV is really about keeping things fresh and making sure you have the most energy possible for these very short spurts of time.

College was the first time I felt I really had to choose who my friends were.

I sort of have this feeling about change in general. We can make baby steps on a macro level. We can try to shift policy, voting and changing who's in office. But we can make huge, sweeping changes on a personal level and in your immediate circle, or just the people around you.

It wasn't until I got out in the world and started worked professionally when I realized that the people I admired were the ones who had taken the little snippets of what they learned that worked for them - and strung them together in their own technique.

It wasn't until I got out in the world and started worked professionally when I realized that the people I admired were the ones who had taken the little snippets of what they learned that worked for them - and strung them together in their own technique.

I'm from the Bay Area, so I know a lot about granola.

I'm from the Bay Area, so I know a lot about granola.

Writing is writing. It is all about telling stories, and I've been doing that for so long, in all realms, that it all feels like the same thing to me anyway.

Writing is writing. It is all about telling stories, and I've been doing that for so long, in all realms, that it all feels like the same thing to me anyway.

Recording vocals has the same kind of physical demands as you experience a lot in theater work.

Recording vocals has the same kind of physical demands as you experience a lot in theater work.

Often, the people I'm working with on music are separate from the rest of my life.

Often, the people I'm working with on music are separate from the rest of my life.

I think rappers spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is new. 'How can I say this in a way that no one has ever said it before?'

I think rappers spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is new. 'How can I say this in a way that no one has ever said it before?'

I went to Hebrew school but opted out of a bar mitzvah.

I went to Hebrew school but opted out of a bar mitzvah.

As a kid, I was very shy.

As a kid, I was very shy.

I'm fascinated with the regionality of rap music.