Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville.

And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue.

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.

A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.

Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs.

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

My face on every coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved. My flag is forever waved, by the grateful people I have saved.

Be brave to fight for change no matter how hard it might be, first step you take will bring you closer to your goal

Always refer to those of the female gender as ladies.The descriptive woman is usually reserved in Dixie for females of questionable respect.

There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgement as doth anger.

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work because of Bilbao.

Success is like dealing with your kid or teaching your wife to drive. Sooner or later you'll end up in the police station.

The right to reticence seems earned only by having nothing to hide.

What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.

Life was a lot more adventurous before caller I.D.

Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters.