I don't belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that's what's kept me grounded because I know it's not right.

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

I don't believe god has a darling tribe or nation, all tribes and nations are his darlings.

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

A lot of things you see as a child remain with you... you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.

Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas.

He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.

I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums

The highest and greatest goal that every soul has to reach is God. As everything needs renunciation, that highest goal needs the highest renunciation.

Perpetually doing, without ever tuning in to the center of our being, is the equivalent of fueling a mighty ship by tossing all its navigational equipment into the furnace.

Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

Most people don't read editorial pages. I think I must have been 40 before I even looked at an editorial page.