And so my child and I came to this place to meet him eye to eye and face to face. He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced. We never knew what friends we had, until we came to Leningrad.

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.

Ideas are seeds of existence in absolute emptiness.Creative words are the building blocks of such ideas.

When I am encouraged, I never see obstacles in my way, only exciting challenges.

When Chris Nolan is your director you are like, "I trust that, I'm wrong."

We are storied folk. Stories are what we are; telling and listening to stories is what we do.

Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time.

Save when you can and not when you have to.

I know that I'm the happiest of lovers.

Women have the right to mount the scaffold; they should likewise have the right to mount the rostrum.

Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn't a group decision.

I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone.