“And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?”

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English singer-songwriter and composer 1942

Tana French In the Woods

Source: In the Woods

“When I'm happy I am sad, but everything's good
It's not that complicated, I'm just misunderstood.”

Pink (singer) (1979) American singer-songwriter

Missundaztood, written by Pink and Linda Perry
Song lyrics, Missundaztood (2001)

“I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?”

Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) American actress

Interview on her role in the Broadway play "Two for the Seesaw". The New York Times (1958).

“I can treat all with decency and civility, and converse with them, when it is necessary, on points of business. But I am never happy in their company.”

John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States

As quoted in Complete Book of U.S. Presidents (1984), by William A. DeGregorio, pp. 19–20

“In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.”

Charles Mingus (1922–1979) American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader

Statement to Nat Hentoff, as quoted in California Rock, California Sound : The Music of Los Angeles and Southern California (1979) by Anthony Fawcett, p. 56; also in “Jazz : Beyond Time and Nations” in The Nat Hentoff Reader (2001), Part 2 : The Passion of Creation, p. 99