It's an incredible dilemma to be an artist of color and to always be in denial about that, saying, 'I'm a choreographer first and then I'm black,' when in fact, that's not the case. I'm black first and then I'm also a choreographer.
I have always thought of myself as an inventor first and foremost. An engineer. An entrepreneur. In that order. I never thought of myself as an employee. But my first jobs as an adult were as an employee: at IBM, and then at my first start-up.
I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.
People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the individual and it hurts the whole.
I shall always think of myself first and foremost... as a hunter.
I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't.
I've always identified myself as a drummer first and foremost - I'm pretty obsessed with rhythm.
Before I even pick up a guitar, usually the words are done. So I'm not first and foremost a musician. I'm first and foremost a writer.
At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself.
Speaking for myself, my first priority is to take care of my family. That's first and foremost.
We want to have movies be seen. So, first and foremost, what's the world? So we can get it onto a big screen.
First and foremost, I just have to be myself.
I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in the office - is to write stuff I find funny.
What I do is I basically make records to please myself first and foremost, and so one of the most important things for me as a musician and a writer and a producer is to feel like there's always a sense of evolution and reinvention with each record.
I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.
First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.