Jonathan Larson Quotes

“I'm more of a man then you'll ever be, I'm more of a woman then you'll ever get.”

“Forget Regret, or life is yours to miss”

“There's only us, there's only this / Forget regret, or life is yours to miss / No other road, no other way / No day but today!”

“I just came to say goodbye love, goodbye love, goodbye.”

“Chubstitute (a name for a fat substitute)”

“There is no god, or love, just time / Saying "Do what you will. Nothing's real today" / We are fleeting numbers, and images / Like the liquid crystal digital readout / Floating on the sea of grey.”

“I think they meant it when they said you can't buy love, but now I know you can rent it, a new lease you are my love!”

“You'll never share real love until you love yourself.”

“No day but today.”

“The opposite of war isn't peace… It's creation!”

“No other road, no other way, no day but today.”

“Dying in America / At the end of the millennium / We're dying in America / To come into our own / And when you're dying in America / At the end of the millennium / You're not alone”

“Life's too short, babe, time's a-flying. I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine.”

“One of these days I'll find a way / I'll rise above the throng / They'll be amazed at what they see / One of these days someone will say / I knew it all along / One of these days, that's what will be”

“Come to your senses, defenses are not the way to go / And you know, or at least you knew / Everything's strange, you've changed and I don't know what to do / To get through”

“Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe / Oh, sunny Santa Fe would be nice / We'll open up a restaurant in Santa Fe / And leave this to the roaches and mice”

“Break of day, the dawn is here / Johnny's up and pacing / Compromise or persevere? / His mind is racing / Johnny has no guide / Johnny wants to hide / Can he make his mark, if he gives up his spark? / Johnny can't decide”

“I'm not mad that you got mad when I got mad when you said I should go drop dead.”

“6 AM. The sky glows. Somewhere a bird chirps. I want to shoot it.”

“I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at the piano, and write a song that people will listen to and remember. And do the same thing every morning for the rest of my life.”

“I don't own emotion, I rent!”

“Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?”

“Cause everything is rent”

“We're not gonna pay rent”

“This is a car that allows you to adjust the temperature of your ass.”