Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend. I wanna guard your dreams and visions.

They wanted to know why I did what I did. Well, sir I guess there's just meanness in the world.

Because we lived in the presence of the church and the convent and the rectory and the school 24-7. And this was an enormous cornerstone in the lives of my entire family. They were all pretty serious Catholic churchgoers.

There's a beauty in work and I love it, all different kinds of work. That's what I consider it. Rock is my job, and that's my work. And I work my ass off, you know.

The light from the oncoming train focuses the mind.

An audience is not brought to you or given to you; it's something that you fight for.

The poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand back and let it all be.