You can get what you want or you can just get old.

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

We didn’t start the fireBut when we are goneWill it still burn on and on and on…

Drank a lot of take home pay.

Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honest is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you.

We might be laughing a bit too loudBut that never hurt no one.

Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I wouldn’t leave you in times of trouble We never...

…now as we induldge, in things refined,we hide our hearts, from harder times…

You can walk away from your mistakes.You can turn your back on what you do.Just a little smile is all it takes, and you can have your cake, and eat it too!

She will promise you more Than the Garden of Eden Then she’ll carelessly cut you And laugh while you’re bleeding.

She always says I’m the best friend that she’s ever had… how do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad? ~From ‘Laura’ on The Nylon Curtain

You can speak your mind But not on my time.

You may never understandHow the Stranger is inspired,But he is not always evil,And he is not always wrong.Though you drown in good intentions,You will never quench the fire.You’ll give in to your desireWhen the Stranger...

have a good reason to be scared.

There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.

And it was darkSo dark at nightAnd we held on to each otherLike brother to brotherWe promised our mothers we’d writeAnd we would all go down together

Some people sleep all alone every nightInstead of taking a lover to bedSome people find that it’s easier to hateThan to wait anymore.

Some folks like to get awayTake a holiday from the neighborhoodHop a flight to Miami BeachOr to HollywoodBut I’m talking a GreyhoundOn the Hudson River LineI’m in a New York state of mind.

I don’t know why I go to extremes.

You may be right I may be crazy But it just may be a lunatic you’re looking for.

People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.

There’s an old man sitting next to meMaking love to his tonic and gin.

No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears.

Who was wrong? Who was right?It didn’t matter in the thick of the fight…

Go on and cry in your coffee, but don’t come bitching to me.

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

And the word spread of Billy the Kid.

If you want to know what life is like in the Soviet Union, go to your local department of motor vehicles

There was a time in my life when I was drinking too much, and so I have stopped. It’s an interesting concept. ‘Just don’t drink.’ Hmm! I never thought of that!

I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.

They’re sharing a drink called loneliness, but at least its better than drinking alone.

I’d start a revolution but I don’t have timeI don’t know why I’m still a nice guy.

I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.

I thinking of people like Phil Ramone or George Martin,

If I’m gonna be losing it, I might as well be doing it right

I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.

They say that these are not the best of timesBut they’re the only times I’ve ever knownAnd I believe there is a time for meditationIn cathedrals of our own.

I’ve only felt content a few times in my life, and it never lasted. I’m very discontented right now. There are situations in my life that didn’t pan out. I’m like most other human beings....

Now, we lives our lives…So nonchalant…We spend our time…So ‘Bon Vivant’…Our stylish nights…So well-arranged…Those tasteful words that we exchange…We know it’s all a passing phase.

I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

Well, he robbed his way from Utah to OklahomaAnd the law just could not seem to track him downAnd it served his legend wellFor the folks, they’d love to tell’Bout when Billy the Kid came...

Water has an endless horizon; there is no limitation when you look out into the water. There’s nothing to interfere with the mind’s eye projecting itself as far as it can possibly imagine. I suppose...

I have a theory that is the only original things we ever do are mistakes. The only thing that we can really attribute to ourselves that is purely original are our screw-ups.

But I don’t want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies All I want is someone to believe.

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

I promised I would never leave youAnd you should always knowWherever you may goNo matter where you areI never will be far away

People who are looking for art in rock ‘n’ roll or pop are looking for something that either doesn’t or shouldn’t exist.

Last of the Big Time Spenders.

We might be laughing a bit too loud But that never hurt no one.