i liked -- i wasn't the kind of person who would take over a rom om to take over it, but if i had something was good at, i was eager to share it. my mother's favorite story, which i am sure she would tell you, is our first piano recital. i'd only practiced well enough to play one song. i learned four, but there was only one i could reliably do well every time because i did not practice a lot. i played my song. i go up the scale and back down. one of those, my first piano songs. and they clapped and i looked up and looked around and said "i know another one." if this is going to be the reaction. and assorted playing another and i played four songs. the piano teacher gently lifted me off the piano bench so the other kids could play. charlie: that reminds me ted ted williams once told me -- i said, why baseball? he said, "i was pretty good, and i got applause, and i wanted to hear more applause, so i got better." it was an incentive to do it better. lin-manuel: i don't think i'm cut out to be a novelist. you know, the idea of sitting alone but also not getting the payoff. i'm fine with sitting