Jonathan Larson

"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"

"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."

"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"

"In one week I'll be thirty. Three-zero. Older than my Dad was when I was born. Older than Napoleon was when he ... did something that was probably extremely impressive at the time – I'm not a historian. I'm a composer. Sorry, a "promising young composer." I should have kids of my own by now, a career, but instead I've been "promising" for so long I'm afraid I'm starting to break the fucking promise."

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

"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 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."

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

"Chubstitute (a name for a fat substitute)"

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

"We're not gonna pay rent"

"'Cause everything is rent"

"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!"

"Give into love or live in fear"

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

"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"

"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!"

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

"The opposite of war isn't peace... It's creation!"

"I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had... Someone to live for... Unafraid to say 'I love you!'"

"You'll never share real love until you love yourself."

"I just came to say goodbye love, goodbye love, goodbye."

"I don't own emotion, I rent!"

"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"