I said I love you and that's forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.

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.

Memory is more indelible than ink.

You should never wear anything you can't afford to lose.

We have to focus on how do we ensure the economy works for everybody, and not just a few.

I don't see boundaries between styles, such as modern or contemporary. I've collected each piece from a different experience or period of my life.

Knowledge, unlike information, is a human characteristic; there can be information no one knows, but there can't be knowledge no one knows.

I gamble with one foot pointed toward the door.

I have my style and I stick to it.

I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently to everyone else.

I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that [American troops] have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly.

Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can't do any of them well - and I like to do everything perfectly.