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

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

—  Pink (singer) American singer-songwriter 1979

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

„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 American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader 1922 - 1979

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

„Life Plan:
I asked her what she planned to do with her life & she said she was way beyond that point already. I'm just happy I remember to be there when it happens, she said.“

—  Brian Andreas American artist 1956

„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 2nd President of the United States 1735 - 1826

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

„I wear the cap and he the crown;—
What of that?
I sleep on straw and he on down;—
What of that?
And he's the king and I'm the clown;—
What of that?
If happy I, — and wretched he, —
Perhaps the king would change with me!“

—  Charles Mackay British writer 1814 - 1889

"Differences", V

„I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.“

—  Utah Phillips American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller and poet 1935 - 2008

Kupfer, David, "Utah Phillips" http://progressive.org/mag/interview/utahphillips, The Progressive. September 2003. Web. August 6, 2013.

„I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."“

—  Kurt Vonnegut American writer 1922 - 2007

"Knowing What's Nice", an essay from In These Times (2003)
Various interviews

„I'm not a very happy person," I told him."But sometimes I can trick myself into thinking I am.“

—  David Levithan American author and editor 1972

Source: Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd

„Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hard-shelled, firmly closed.“

—  Margaret Atwood, book Cat's Eye

Source: Cat's Eye

„Tonight I'm happy. I will worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes. But I'm getting there…“

—  Cecelia Ahern Irish novelist 1981

„Years from now, when I'm successful and happy,… and he's in prison… I hope I'm not too mature to gloat.“

—  Bill Watterson American comic artist 1958

„I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.“

—  Oprah Winfrey American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist 1954

„Trust me, I'm telling you stories…. I can change the story. I am the story.“

—  Jeanette Winterson English writer 1959

Source: Written on the Body

„I am in limbo, and in limbo there are no races, no prizes, no changes, no chances. There are merely degrees of endurance, and endurance never was my strong point.“

—  Keri Hulme New Zealand writer 1947

„I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.“

—  Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Variant: So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

„To be truthful i am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort of friendship, but enduring happiness? If it exists i have not found it“

—  David Gemmell British author of heroic fantasy 1948 - 2006

„What I’m not changes more than what I am.“

—  James Richardson American poet 1950

#91
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)

„“I can’t change what I am ovenight.”
“Nor can I. And yet, one can’t stop changing, either.”“

—  Joan Slonczewski, book A Door into Ocean

Part 6, Chapter 16 (p. 368)
A Door into Ocean (1986)

„I have everything I want. I really can't think of any ambitions or things to strive for. I don't want to leave the house, I'm happy at home, I really am. I am.“

—  Lana Del Rey American singer-songwriter 1985

"PM's favourite singer Lana Del Rey ignores the abuse", Evening Standard (24 January 2012), p. 13