I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.

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.

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 watched the mighty skyline fall

Look how many of our young are ill prepared to enter adult life today. This was designed by progressives to create government dependency.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.

When humanness is lost the radical difference between the bodies in the pit and people walking on the street is lost.

Her chief dread in life, at this period of her development, was that she would appear narrow minded; what she feared next afterwards was that she should be so.

When power corrupts, poetry cleanses

Justice is the constant and eternal purpose that renders to each his due.

Now [in 2016] I have the highest turnout in the state of Minnesota. And Minnesota is the highest turnout state in the country.

Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor, since they were the closest things to God's representatives here on Earth.

Love betters what is best