I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can't walk away from you.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

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.

What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?

In hell there's a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can't call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.

Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.

All she wanted was sax.