We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We're all carried along, by the river of dreams.

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 you're going to fall in love with anyone, fall in love with a writer. Allow yourself to become immortalised in words.

At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.

The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.

I think we need to go straight at the fossil fuel industry.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

My work is one long triumph over my limitations.

We cannot create jobs without company owners, the state cannot create jobs by decree.

We have been getting rich by depleting all our natural stocks - water, hydrocarbons, forests, rivers, fish and arable land - and not by generating renewable flows.

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.

we compromise our career goals to make room for partners and children who may not even exist yet