I got to holler just to be heard.

I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always wanted to write an animated score since I was a little kid.

I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.

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

I want as many people to see the show [Hamilton] in its musical theater form as possible before it's translated, and whether it's a good act of translation or a bad act of translation, it's a leap, and very few stage shows manage the leap successfully.

My sister is as responsible for anyone for giving me good taste in music.

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.