I watched the mighty skyline fall

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.

If it hurts, do it more frequently, and bring the pain forward.

Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

Let us therefore rely on the goodness of the cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions.

Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged.

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified.

How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?

Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.

But I am a Widow’s Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed.

Change is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

No one smiled at me, or looked at me twice; shopping has become my time of reckoning; I will never be able to purchase the stardom I have lost.