I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my… — 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… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I got the job [in Moana], and the next day I was on a plane to New Zealand, where the rest of… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside,… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
The music you love when you're a teenager is always going to be the most important to you, and I find that… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I came up with the "We are explorers," with sort of a counter-melody to [Opetaia Foa'i] melody. And so, it happened so… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the… — 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
The music you love when you're a teenager is always going to be the most important to you. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think I learned more about writing scores for Broadway by making mix tapes in the '90s than I did in college.… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
The musicals that leave us kind of staggering on our feet are the ones that really reach for a lot. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I loved musicals. I loved being in the school play and being lucky enough to get parts in the school play. But… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I'm the music guy, I get to wear the music hat, but being able to be that guy in the room is… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Making words rhyme for a living is one of the great joys of my life... That's a superpower I've been very conscious… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
You could do a 'Les Mis'-type musical about Hamilton, but it would have to be 12 hours long, because the amount of… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think, there are a couple of songs. I'm really proud of How far I'll Go. I literally locked myself up in… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
My sister is as responsible for anyone for giving me good taste in music. — 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
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