For me, I really feel like if there's not a real, true connection to the material, I don't need to sing it. I don't need to sing songs just because I like them anymore. I've done that.
More Quotes by Billy Porter
For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.
I don't in any way disparage any time I've had in the trenches because it really has made me the artist I am today.
For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe take its course.
Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business.
All you need to do is turn on the news, and in five minutes, you're depressed with the state of the world. Choosing joy is a completely active choice. It doesn't just happen. You can't just say, 'I want to be happy.' You have to take action.
When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.