Rock and roll cola wars, I can't take it any more.

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.

Hope is flourishing flower.

Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust.

I don't know what the word is in Austrian.

If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.

With no pretensions of art, Viva Las Vegas, the new Elvis Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a Banana Split.

Every novelist should possess a hermaphroditic imagination.

I don't think anyone should pick a candidate for any office based solely on gender. That would be, I believe, a mistake.

The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.

Those with whom we can apparently become well acquainted in a few moments are generally the most difficult to rightly know and to understand.

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.