I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.

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.

Love is like an unfathomable idea. An idea that is slightly above euphoria, yet a fingers width from heaven.

I wrapped up the remaining half burrito and tossed it into the trash can. Molly watched this act of wastefulness with an expression like she had just seen her entire family die in a fire.

I know of no other book that so fully teaches the subjection and degradation of women.

You’re a gentleman,” they used to say to him. “You shouldn’t have gone murdering people with a hatchet; that’s no occupation for a gentleman.

If you want to live a top shelf life then you need to stand on the books you have read. Never stop learning, never stop growing.

A man may have no bad habits and have worse

Problems are good, not bad. Welcome them and become the solution. When you have solved enough problems, people will thank you.

We still did not answer the questions that are important to us

Talk therapy turns hysterical misery to mundane unhappiness.

Outside of football and training, I am somewhat of a homebody. Love hangin' out with my siblings and close friends.