You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk rock kicked against, the pretentiousness.

An old bandit adage: A bell is a cup until it is struck.

It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.

As she walked, she breathed a quick benediction to the patron saint of sleuthing. "Nancy Drew," she whispered, "be with me now.

When you get respect from the people who are buying your music and coming to your shows, there's an expectation that you have to live up to your own standards.

I'd rather have a strong career, playing and selling records to a loyal audience, then having one record that exploded. That would be devastating.

And I am a writer, writer of fictions I am the heart that you call home And I've written pages upon pages Trying to rid you from my bones.

One thing about hanging out with a baby is that you can remember a little bit better what it was like to be a kid, and all the mystery that came along with it.

Music has been already devalued by the consumer. There's an expectation that it should be free so the race to the bottom has already been won.

There's some things there that you just have to draw the line. Some people are just not going to like it. We would hope that everybody would like it.

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies on appealing to a mainstream culture in order to survive.

Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.

You know you're rich when you have to drive for a half hour to get to your house once you're on your property.

An old man came on board my boat; the others, both men and women cried with loud voices: "Come and see the men who have come from the sky. Bring them victuals and drink."

If you wish to know yourself observe how others act. If you wish to understand others look into your own heart.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about.

I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment.

I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.