Henry Holt

“Bet ya’ moms woulda twerked for MLK if he came down 138th and the Grand Concourse.”
― Joel Leon, Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future

“When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft and warm and cuddly. But actual mothers went to great lengths to eradicate their soft warm cuddly bits. When people thought of mothers, they thought of mama bears and cheerleaders–fierce love and unconditional support–but actual mothers were accused of coddling and helicoptering.”
― Laurie Frankel, Family Family

“To be Black, to be a Black man in the era I grew up in, was easily everything and nothing at once.”
― Joel Leon, Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future

“Being Black, for me, has always been about everything and nothing at once, and the coded language in between.”
― Joel Leon, Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future