For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.

- Billy Porter

When you're at the beginning of your career, there are a lot of, "I don't care about this," jobs that you take because it's about building your resum…

- Billy Porter

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card.

- Billy Porter

How can you be of service to something other than your own ego and bank account, in a business that's inherently narcissistic?

- Billy Porter

I've always been passionate about fashion.

- Billy Porter

I would love to be able to turn my recording career into something that is substantial, and where I can go and tour with an orchestra.

- Billy Porter

I want to keep changing the world. It's possible. The black gay lead is ready. It's time.

- Billy Porter

I'm not a person who believes that Broadway is the only place. I think there's lots of work that goes on outside of Broadway and outside of New York …

- Billy Porter