She always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had... how do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad? ~From 'Laura' on The Nylon Curtain

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.

Science must acknowledge truthfully how much it doesn't know and leave room for mystery, miracles, and the wisdom of nature.

Although I love snow, it messes things up terribly around Seattle, with all of our hills. I worry about my loved ones driving.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

I try to be the best man I can for the day.

Giving is what makes a nation great.

I really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before.

You can't be a revolutionary, you can't want to change society if you don't love people, there's no point in it.

Words for mental processes are all derived from physical things.

I'm not very good at lying.

Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix ,cause the media is full of dirty tricks.