The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.

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.

You don't know Jay-Z's scedule. He's a renaissance man.

All I know is that young boys sleep late and hard.

Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.

I don't want the attention. I want the respect.

In an expanding universe, order is not really order, but merely the difference between the actual entropy exhibited and the maximum entropy possible.

I have been fighting over commas all my life.

No deals with the Tories; it's war.

I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline.

I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.

Though justice be thy plea consider this, that in the course of justice none of us should see salvation.