Roy Orbison is singing for the lonely, hey, that's me and I want you only.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.

Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous.

I'm interested in what it means to be an American. I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear.