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.

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.

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 watched the mighty skyline fall

Beneath the handsome exterior beats a heart of darkness.

I'm perfectly happy to know the world at secondhand. It's a lot safer.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects.

It's awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship." "It's awful worse luck not to.

It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.

Recovery can only take place within the context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation.

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.

If you own a car, you change that every few years and that's just what I'm doing with my appearance

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.