Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes

My power of speech, unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older.

I got to holler just to be heard.

We get the job done. So what happens if we win?

People who don't like musicals like, 'why are they singing? Why aren't they just talking? If you make the lyric feel really conversational, it's much easier for them to bridge that gap.

I probably shouldn't brag, but dag I amaze and astonish.

No one wants to hear me crooning a ballad.

I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle.

With every word, I drop knowledge.

[BURR]I am the one thing in life I can control.

[HAMILTON]I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

I think Lafayette wants to rap in French now. I have to go learn some French.Damn it, Lafayette

I think Lafayette wants to rap in French now. I have to go learn some French.Damn it, Lafayette.

I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind.

The past places no absolute limit on the future.

Time alone is the gift of self-entertainment - and that is the font of creativity

You are perfectly cast in your life. I can't imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.

Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside.

Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside.

[ELIZA]You and your words flooded my senses, your sentences left me defenseless. You built me palaces out of paragraphs, you built cathedrals.

Why do you write like you're running out of time?

I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood. We just knew the rule was you're going to have to work twice as hard.

In the best works of fiction, there's no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where even the bad guy's got his reasons.

History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it.

We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia.