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Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 16
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More quotes by Lin-Manuel Miranda
I loved musicals. I loved being in the school play and being lucky enough to get parts in the school play. But they always took place in some other time and place.
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I've had a little Hollywood experience, and there's nothing like the Disney story experience.
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With every word, I drop knowledge. I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.
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We get the job done. So what happens if we win?
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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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The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
I had the good fortune of being 9 years old when The Little Mermaid came out, that whole run of really beautiful Disney musicals, and so, the fact that I got to interview with Ron [Clements] and John [Musker], who directed The Little Mermaid, I was, like, I just walked in and said, You're the reason I'm even here.
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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, and Opetaia [Foa'i] brought it in.
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I'm the music guy, I get to wear the music hat, but being able to be that guy in the room is a thrill at this level and caliber.
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My rhymes are gonna kill, so I suggest you write your will and leave your [expletive] to me.
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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].
Lin-Manuel Miranda
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
My kid gets me out of bed in the morning.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
[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.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
I'm not trying to make something that is difficult to perform every night. It needs to proceed at the speed of that character's thought because that's the only way it's actable.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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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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.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
My power of speech, unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older.
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