I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

Love is still a simple act of faith, and a faithful heart is always worth the wait.

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.

Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin', crunchy granola's neat.

Closed books are like closed eyes—you must open them to see anything.

I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.

Much is written about the Batman because he is publicly exposed in print. Very little is known personally about his creator, because I haven't given out that many interviews.

Frustration is the wet nurse of violence.

All magic is 'Here’s a quarter, now it’s gone. You’re a jerk. Now it’s back. You’re an idiot. Show’s over.'

Rosie Grier was the springboard to the return of my life.

The circumstances of justice may be described as the normal conditions under which human cooperation is both possible and necessary.

I've finally learned to love my voice for its uniqueness.

People know the difference between good and evil in their hearts-if they search them. Religions twist good and evil. Their differences are the kind that need to be taught because they aren't natural.

It sure gives me faith and a wonderful feeling to know how many fans and friends are wanting me well again.