I have been working on this movie [Moana] since before Hamilton happened. Lin-Manuel Miranda More Quotes by Lin-Manuel Miranda More Quotes From Lin-Manuel Miranda 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. Lin-Manuel Miranda parent writing two Tuesdays and Thursdays, I didn't do any press, I didn't do any meetings, I just wrote all day, 'cause I'd meet, via Skype, with the creative team, at five p.m., and then I would have my seven o'clock curtain. Lin-Manuel Miranda team creative tuesday I liked writing the negative ads more than - because it's more minor chords. Lin-Manuel Miranda chords writing negative The 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 Miranda cds sides order It's got to feel, the pulse has to feel like this part of the world, the instrumentation has to be true to that, and so, between him, [composer] Mark Mancina and myself, we really chased that, while serving our story Moana]. Lin-Manuel Miranda pulse stories world Once George Washington said, "I have to step down the so the country can move on." Lin-Manuel Miranda country moving Sebastian, en Español, is a bad ass name. Lin-Manuel Miranda ass bad-ass names [Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it could mean and whether this could be the ancestor song. So, I started writing English lyrics to sort of the same melody. Lin-Manuel Miranda writing song mean I felt so nourished by the process of making [Moana], of you're always engaged with other artists from different disciplines, and it's about bringing your art form to the table. It's so many art forms mashed together. Lin-Manuel Miranda discipline together art I am the epitome of coolness. Lin-Manuel Miranda coolness epitome 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. Lin-Manuel Miranda gigs lamps guy The fact that I'm a performer helps me enormously as a lyricist. Lin-Manuel Miranda help-me helping facts Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil. Lin-Manuel Miranda hello call-me names 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. Lin-Manuel Miranda six-months ocean jobs 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. Lin-Manuel Miranda writing kids thinking It was a real dream come true just to get the job [in Moana], and yeah, and we sort of got right to work. Lin-Manuel Miranda real dream jobs 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. Lin-Manuel Miranda bridges talking people I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal. Lin-Manuel Miranda coal goal trying If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way. Lin-Manuel Miranda toppings way thinking I'm just like my country. I'm young, scrappy and hungry. Lin-Manuel Miranda hungry young country
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