A WOMAN At The Limited Once Asked Me, 'Why Do You WORK?' She Said, 'You Made A Lot Of Money As A Young Man, So Why Are You Still WORKING?' I Had Never THOUGHT About It Before. Forced To Consider It, I Told Her, 'You Know Why? Because I Think That If You Stop To Smell The Roses, You'll Get Hit By A Truck.'

To Be HONEST, I Never, EVER THOUGHT I'd Ever Do Comedy. I Was So Frequently Cast Early On As A High-born Young Man With... 'problems' And, LATER, As A Heavy, From Black-hatted Western VILLAINS To The Corporate Raider To Bad Cops.

I've Been INVOLVED With 'Hamilton' For About Two And A Half YEARS. I've LEARNED So Much. I CAME Into It A YOUNG Man. Now I've Dropped The 'young.'

If You REALLY WANT To Know What MOTIVATED Me As A YOUNG Man, It Was A Fear Of DEATH.

When I Was A Young Man, Barely 18, I Discovered Jesus CHRIST As My PERSONAL Saviour, And For Six Months I Told My Mother She Was Damned To Hell. That Wasn't MUCH FUN. I Abandoned It.

Young Man, If GOD Had WANTED You To SEE Me That WAY, He WOULD Have Put Your Eyes In Your Bellybutton.

I'm Not Just A Rapper; I'm An Intelligent Young Man. But Being Able To GIVE My Mother Everything She's EVER Wanted, I COULD CARE Less About Being FAMOUS Or The Money; That's My Dream. That's All That Matters To Me.

Hoover Was INCREDIBLY Ambitious As A Young Man. He Was Highly Motivated To Succeed In WASHINGTON, Primarily Due To His Mother's EXPECTATIONS Of Him.

As A YOUNG MAN, I Think I Was In A Bit Of The REVENGE Business For Too MANY Years Of My Life.

As A Young MAN, I Went To Paris And Soaked Up Many Hours Of Film Knowledge From ROBERT Hakim In My EFFORTS To Become A PRODUCER.