It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.

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.

I don't need every answer. Just the right answer.

Any moment called NOW is always full of possibles.

The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.

A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness.

Anyone who directly and honestly reproduces that force which impels him to create belongs to us.

With Charles Woods, it was the first time I had ever seen tissue from a dead person used to save a human life. It piqued my curiosity.

Bill, we left megalomania behind a long time ago. Now we are gigalomaniacs.

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

Nobody speaks of a beautifful view for 5 minutes

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.