My sister is as responsible for anyone for giving me good taste in music. — 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
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 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
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
“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
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 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 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
[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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
![“I came up with the "We are explorers," with sort of a counter-melody to [Opetaia Foa'i] melody. And so, it happened so organically, that it really, to me, is the most emblematic of our collaboration.” quote by Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fe5/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_collaboration_i-came-up-with-the-we-are-explorers-with_590633.jpg)
![“[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it could mean and whether this could be the ancestor song. So, I started writing English lyrics to sort of the same melody.” quote by Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5db/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_ancestor_opetaia-foa-i-brought-in-the-melody-and_2061405.jpg)
![“I got the job [in Moana], and the next day I was on a plane to New Zealand, where the rest of the team was already doing research, and meeting with different choirs, and sort of really soaking up the music, the musical world of, the musical heritage of this part of the world.” quote by Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2f1/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_choir_i-got-the-job-in-moana-and-the-next-day_171277.jpg)
![“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." That's the first song we wrote for the movie [Moana]. We actually got it written that weekend in New Zealand, so we're all in New Zealand, we're all absorbing this culture…” quote by Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2ae/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_absorbing_it-s-hard-to-pick-i-mean-i-think-the-one_119053.jpg)
