I don't know why people thought I was retiring.

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.

oh, what a democracy MY PRIME MINISTER IS CORRUPT

If we spend enough time dreaming, then the dream might eventually become real.

Family: a foundation! Family: a ‘cloth’ that keeps the ‘body’!

Dalmatians are not only superior to other dogs, they are like all dogs, infinitely less stupid than men.

It's important to recognize that we in Europe will either succeed together or fail together.

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

Nature varies the seed according to the variety of the things she desires to produce in the world.

Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.

It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.