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Lin Manuel listens to tennis while writing music

He can't listen to music while writing music, right?

Published Mar 08, 2017

@Lin_Manuel what do you listen to while you write? Soundtracks? Instrumentals?
— c o r i n n e a g r o (@misscorinneey) March 8, 2017

Tennis. Can't listen to other music while I'm writing music. https://t.co/ZDSOG8AKQG
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) March 8, 2017

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Who doesn’t love listening to the rhythmic popping of tennis balls being struck back and forth over the net during a tennis match? Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of hit Broadway shows Hamilton and In the Heights, enjoys it enough to write his music while listening to it.

It is no secret that Miranda loves tennis. He even brought the caps lock out when Rafael Nadal beat Grigor Dimitrov in a nearly five-hour-long marathon in the Australian Open semifinal.

FOUR HOURS AND FIFTY SIX MINUTES.
THAT'S HOW LONG THEY PLAYED.
I'M TIRED JUST TYPING IT. #AusOpen2017
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 27, 2017

But really, as is the case with most everything tennis-related, you can credit the creation of Hamilton to Roger Federer.

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Thank YOU, @rogerfederer. I wrote half the thing while watching you play. https://t.co/nJClIHYmYE
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 6, 2015

Miranda is still watching the 18-time Grand Slam champion. Even his recent Oscar nomination was a distraction from his time with Federer.

So I was on my lunch break watching Federer on a delay when my phone vibrated off the table like pic.twitter.com/1HO2FAUUg7
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 24, 2017

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It is only fitting that there is a connection between the best tennis player ever and one of the most highly-regarded plays ever.

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