We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.

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.

Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.

When I was kidnapped as a child my parents sent a letter to the hijackers me Pay 5, 000 dollars or your back

Without the dark we'd never see the stars.

A great product is when you are never done building it

Earnestness and sincereness are synonymous.

The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

[Exchange] the galling burden of bachelorship for the easy yoke of matrimony.

When I got to Hollywood, at first I couldn't get a lot of jobs. So I grew a beard and look like a really bad Arab, and I started to get a lot of work because that's what they want.

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.