Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?

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.

God’s goal is to establish His righteousness on this earth

I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her.

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.

I always finish off my look with a spritz of Vera Wang Pink Princess.

I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.

The censors don't bother with fantasy books, especially old ones. They can't understand them. They think it's all kids' stuff. They'd die if they knew what The Chronicles of Narnia were really about.

You cannot achieve success without the risk of failure...You cannot achieve success if you FEAR failure.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs.

Understanding different planets in their environments is still really important. So if these planets are dead lifeless worlds, it will still be useful for us.