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No one wants to hear me crooning a ballad.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 16
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I feel like style is like accent. You don't hear it on yourself, and then everyone's like, man, you got a strong accent.
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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.
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Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil.
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I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that people attached to it. It's the thing itself, and so, as you know, it's been a dream of mine to write songs for Disney, and so, it's really exciting to finally hear. It's two and a half years.
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Sebastian, en Español, is a bad ass name.
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Disney's really incredible on story.
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My sister is as responsible for anyone for giving me good taste in music.
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I got to holler just to be heard.
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If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way.
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My power of speech, unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older.
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It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.
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[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.
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I have two wonderful, supportive and very practical parents who were like, you're really talented and really creative. You should be a lawyer because there's a safe path there. And I knew that I was never going to be a lawyer. And I knew that I wanted to make movies, and I wanted to write shows.
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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 are going to start bobbing. And they're going to stop listening to what you're saying, so consistently keep the ear fresh and keep the audience surprised.
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I just remembered when I was an adolescent girl wanting to leave my island and find my calling.
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I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.
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I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They don't have to come from some far off place.
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I'm not going to hang out with celebrities, I'm not going to parties. I have two songs due for Moana next week, and I'm going to go and spend some time with Maui and Moana in the ocean, in my mind.
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I think you balance the things you've been dying to do all your life. And the opportunities that come along, that you didn't maybe think of, that are so amazing, that you'd kick yourself if you didn't try to be a part of them.
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