Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken.

When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn’t take one more step

The horrible thing about Death of princess Diana - the sacrificial lamb, which she was. And I believe, in a sense, John Kennedy, Jr. was the same thing. These are people that we loved so much that we drove them berserk with all the attention and they basically didn't have any particular stellar talents. They were just in some kind of a position somewhere where we fixed on them and they became, literally, sacrificial lambs

You're going to be buying your ticket with your heartache, you're gonna be payin' the man with your dues. You're gonna be living alone when you hear that whistle moan, you're gonna be learnin' to live with the blues.

In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.