I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.

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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

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I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.

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

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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.

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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.

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In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.

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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?

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