There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able to learn from mistakes, he can't understand why his heart always breaks.

I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.

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

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don't wanna know about your technical problems, or if you're not feeling good, they don't wanna know we have a glitch. It's their night, you better do something to earn that money.

I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.