I'm in a New York state of mind

You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true.

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 was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts... Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they're for.

Someday we'll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that's how you and I will be