Line from
Jonathan Larson's
RENT (1996
Tony Award and
Pulitzer winner). Sung by
Mimi Marquez (a nightclub dancer with a
smack problem, as well as
AIDS), to
Roger Davis (
a classic starving musician who's
HIV+ and looking to write
one last song before the lights go out).
The actual line comes from the song "
I should tell you" and goes
thusly:
Roger:"I've been trying, I'm not lying, no one's perfect, I've got baggage-"
Mimi:Life's too short,
babe, time is flying, I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine."
In the Original Cast Recording album,
Mimi and Roger are voiced by
Daphne Rubin-Vega and
Adam Pascal, respectively.
Works cited:
the RENT homepage at siteforrent.com
the internet movie database at imdb.com