In 'Hamilton,' we're telling the stories of old, dead white men, but we're using actors of color, and that makes the story more immediate and more accessible to a contemporary audience.

Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.

Talk less. Smile more. Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for.

Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes, and we keep living anyway....

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

When I was asked to do a song from 'In the Heights' at the White House in 2009, I chose instead to do 'Alexander Hamilton' because I felt like I was meeting a moment.