If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I grew up in the time just when cassettes were waning and CDs were growing. And so mix tapes - and not… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
People who don't like musicals like, 'why are they singing? Why aren't they just talking? If you make the lyric feel really… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere,… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
When you're dealing with a constant rhythm, no matter how great your lyrics are, if you don't switch it up, people's heads… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
If you know the voice you're writing for it's such a shortcut. It's such a catalyst to creating the kind of energy… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think you balance the things you've been dying to do all your life. And the opportunities that come along, that you… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
If you're thinking about the idea in the shower. If you're thinking about the idea while you're walking your dog, there's probably… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I read reviews, I'm not going to lie to y'all. Like you know, I'll read 'em, but then, the next day I'm… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
What's incredible about 'Hamilton,' and the reason you can't get a ticket, is because everyone's responding to it. Everyone is seeing a bit of… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my computer until… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“If it takes fighting a way for us to meet, it will have been worth it.” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart And I thought I was so smart” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses! — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
It's hard to pick. I mean, I think the one that is most emblematic of the collaboration that occurred is "We Know The Way."… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“I stop wasting time on tears I live another fifty years It's not enough” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
