I know I’m searching for something Something so undefined That it can only be seen By the eyes of the blind In the middle of the night.

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

As an atheist you have to rationalize things. . . . Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you...

I was amazed by the way all of that played out in the media. To me, a musician going to rehab is like a normal person going to get his teeth cleaned. Don’t these people...

She’s got a way about her…I don’t know what it is… but I know that I can’t live without her…

You Catholic girls start much too late But sooner or later it comes down to fate I might as well be the one.

In every heart there is a room,A sanctuary safe and strong,To heal the wounds from lovers past,Until a new one comes along

I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.

Call me a joker, call me a foolRight at this moment I’m totally cool.

I’m kind of in a dark place. And I know some people are actually excited about that, because they think I’ll write an album about being sad. But that’s not what my music is about....

Why should I worry? Why should I care?There’s just this street population, and I’ve got ‘street savoir-faire’.

The good days weren’t really so good, and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.

If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third,...

I was homeless when I was younger and I was suicidal when I was 21. Anything that has happened after that is like water off a duck’s back.

Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “”Listen to me.”” Now it says, “”Look at me.””

I don’t know if people are going to remember some of these songs we’re going to do tonight. Hell, I don’t know if we’re going to remember some of these.

I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life Go ahead with your own life and leave me alone.

If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never...

I don’t want clever conversationI never want to work that hard.

I’m sure you have some cosmic rationale, but here you are with your faith and your Peter Pan advice.

We came in spastic, like tameless horses. We left in plastic as numbered corpses.

She’s got a smile that heals me I don’t know why it is But I have to laugh when she reveals me.

We didn’t start the fireIt was always burningSince the world’s been turningWe didn’t start the fireNo we didn’t light itBut we tried to fight it

Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.

I see the winos talking to themselvesAnd I can understand.

Well so, here I am at the end of the roadWhere do I go from here?

They all want your white body, and they await your reply.But, between you and me, and this Staten Island ferry… so do I…

The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that gives us our own small satisfactions.

Home can be the Pennsylvania TurnpikeIndiana’s early morning dewHigh up in the hills of CaliforniaHome is just another word for you

The good ole days weren’t always good, and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.

You better believe there will be times in your life when you’ll be feeling like a stumbling fool. So take it from me: you’ll learn more from your accident than anything that you could ever...

I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.

The happiest times in my life were when my relationships were going well — when I was in love with someone, and someone was loving me. But in my whole life, I haven’t met the...

I’m still dealing with the 21-year-old me. That idealist, that purist, that young, noble, and somewhat foolish guy . . . So I tell them to try to hold on to the way they feel...

We all have a face that we hide away forever,And we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.Some are satin, some are steel, some are silk and some are leather.They’re the faces...

Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.

I’ll take my chances… I forgot how nice romance is…I haven’t been there for the longest time…

If I’m crazy then it’s true That it’s all because of you And you wouldn’t want me any other way.

Well we’re waiting here in Allentown,For the Pennsylvania we never found,For the promises our teachers gave,If we worked hard,If we behaved…So the graduations hang on the wall,But they never really helped us at all,No they...

Shades of grey wherever I go The more I find out the less that I know Black and white is how it should be But shades of grey are the colors I see.

I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off

Home is just another word for you.

He ‘ s Got a Way

I’d rather laugh in bed than do it. If I went to a lady of the night, I’d probably pay her to tell me jokes. Would that be perverted?

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.