We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one

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.

I wanted to try to push some freedom into the men's clothes.

Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want... it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.

what you do every day is what forms your mind and precious few of us can or would spend most days outdoors.

A potent poison becomes the best drug on proper administration. On the contrary, even the best drug becomes a potent poison if used badly

It must be a hard thing to kill a man you don't know and don't hate.

There is a way out, but the way out is really a way within.

I'm only involved really right now with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Brass Fantasy.

Honor is what you know about yourself.

That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.

And indeed there will be time to wonder, 'Do I dare?', and 'Do I dare?