I got the job [in Moana project] about six months before we started rehearsals. No, seven and a half months before we started at the Public, and so, it's been my ocean of calm throughout the Hamilton phenomenon.

Lamplighters are the guys who manually turned on all the street lamps in London and turned them off. That was the gig in the 1930s in London.

Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me.

It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.

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.

My rhymes are gonna kill, so I suggest you write your will and leave your [expletive] to me.

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.