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 got to feel, the pulse has to feel like this part of the world, the instrumentation has to be true to… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
The biggest secret weapon we had in regards to really being true to this part of the world, and making sure this… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He's great at playing that 'I'm the only one sane in the world'… — 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 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 got to feel, the pulse has to feel like this part of the world, the instrumentation has to be true to that, and so, between him, [composer] Mark Mancina and myself, we really chased that, while serving our story Moana].” quote by Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/490/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_being-true_it-s-got-to-feel-the-pulse-has-to-feel-l_1160032.jpg)
![“The biggest secret weapon we had in regards to really being true to this part of the world, and making sure this part of the world could see themselves in this film [Moana] in a way that felt positive and accurate, was Opetaia, my co-writer, Opetaia Foa'i, who has a great band called Te Vaka and…” quote by Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c0c/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_accurate_the-biggest-secret-weapon-we-had-in-rega_1699138.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)
