Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.

And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue.

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.

A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.

Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs.

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

My face on every coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved. My flag is forever waved, by the grateful people I have saved.

You see, nothing matters except pleasure - which is the opposite of happiness, its tragic part, I expect.

Above all else, do not fear to climb the victory tower.

You'll change your tune quickly enough when some banshee's sucking your soul out through your pupils.

Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.

I don't know about the rest of the world, but I know in our region everyone is gunning to beat us. We have a new challenge.

As often happens between men who have chosen different pursuits, each, while in argument justifying the other's activity, despised it in the depth of his heart.

It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good or bad news.

Good can still exist when bad things happen, just as evil persists when good things happen.” - Carter to Georgina

What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love.