I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.
Lin-Manuel MirandaThe reason I make that distinction cassette before CD is you have to listen to it in the order in which I've curated it for you. You know, side A to side B is our act break.
Lin-Manuel MirandaI had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle.
Lin-Manuel MirandaI 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.
Lin-Manuel MirandaI went to a school where everyone was smarter than me. And I'm not blowin' smoke, I, my, I was surrounded by genius, genius kids. What's interesting about growing up in a culture like that is you go, "All right, I gotta figure out what my thing is. Because I'm not smarter than these kids. I'm not funnier than half of them, so I better figure out what it is I wanna do and work really hard at that because intellectually I'm treading water to, to be here."
Lin-Manuel Miranda