Trai Byers
Trai Byers
Trai Byers is an American actor and singer known for playing Andre Lyon in the Fox music-industry prime time drama, Empire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth19 July 1983
CityKansas City, KS
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm an old soul. I like the Nat King Cole; Sam Cooke is my favorite singer of all time. But I'm into neo-soul; I'm into R&B. Some of the modern stuff appeals to me, but most of it comes from an older time.
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One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.
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I'm supposed to share the Lord with people. All of us are disciples on some level. You don't have to be behind the podium to tell a story, connect with people and share the Gospel.
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I'm an artist with a message, and my message is more for society, casting the mirror onto them and saying, 'Hey, this is what we look like, what are we going to do about it, how are we going to use what we've been through to aid where we're going.'
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When I think of Kansas, I think of family.
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We need to pay attention to each other. We are our brother's keepers. We are our sister's keepers.
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Someone's going to be able to take good care of my sister. She knows how to be taken care of.
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In 2013, I didn't work at all, just contemplating what I needed to do, whether I was walking in my destiny or not.
I've read the Bible before, a couple of times cover to cover.
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I'm really passionate about God and religion, and I thought maybe I'm supposed to be a pastor.
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Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it?
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Bipolar disorder is so swept under the rug as a nation and, I think especially, by black people. It's not our culture to go get therapy. 'Give them medicine for what?' We put people in court, put them in court again, versus really paying attention to what it is they are going through.
There are many different forms of bipolar and the way that it expresses itself.
Betrayal does so many different things to people.