I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.

Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.

Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.

Only the good die young.

I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can't walk away from you.

Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood. Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm talking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line. I'm in a New York state of mind.

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

I watched the mighty skyline fall

Shakespeare and his few peers invented all of us.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

When an animal dies, it gives you the chance to love another animal. That's an insightful and profound way to look at it.

I'd walked too close to heaven and gotten a glimpse. The hell I'd lived before her no longer appealed to me.

On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings.

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

The politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .

I can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.

Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society. It's also extremely dangerous with all the weapons development.

Disobedience is man's original virtue.