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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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“I think that if we’ve done our job well and we articulate this individual’s life well, the themes inherent in that translate…It’s about legacy, about how much do we do with the time we’re given? And then there are themes that wrestle with the American character, but only in that Hamilton’s life is a rough-draft version of the arguments we still have as a country.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his work Hamilton in “Lin-Manuel Miranda on his Broadway smash Hamilton: 'the world freaked out'” in The Guardian (2016 Sep 25)
“There are a few people who only like hip-hop music, and a few who only like theatre music, and the rest of us just like good shit. It doesn’t matter what form it comes in. I think we’re all a lot more eclectic than we give ourselves credit for…”
Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the combining of musical genres in Hamilton in “Lin-Manuel Miranda on his Broadway smash Hamilton: 'the world freaked out'” in The Guardian (2016 Sep 25)
“The honest answer is there are things inside me I want to make – Hamilton is one of those things, Heights was another. And since the success of Hamilton, my life has been about finding the balance between the things I always wanted to make and the opportunities that are so incredible I’d be angry if they opened and I wasn’t in them. So Mary Poppins and Little Mermaid definitely fall into that category. I think there is always a part of me that is checking in with childhood Lin and asking: ‘Would little Lin be freaking out about this?’ If the answer is yes, then I say yes.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his career post-Hamilton in “Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘A Trump musical? I don't know how to score that yet’” in The Guardian (2018 Dec 1)
“…I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere, have them be an observer kind of all the time, and that's a great way to make a writer…”
Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how code switching between social environments informed his writing in “Lin-Manuel Miranda On Disney, Mixtapes And Why He Won't Try To Top 'Hamilton'” in NPR (2017 Dec 26)
“I know how it looks. But just start. Nothing is insurmountable.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 5 Lessons on Creativity From ‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda in Fortune (2016 Jun 10)