When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

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 can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.

So long, Lee. Give our regards to the Kaiser. And tell him there's a few boys on 58th Street who'll throw a party for him if he'll drop around.

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.

I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away.

I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day.

Dialogue is the fundamental unfolding of a gift of oneself to another.

I was on the show previously as a guest host, so I had a little practice.

I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now.

No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living.