Occupation: Pianist Birth: May 9, 1949
Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it's either sadness or e….
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck... I was having a hard time a couple of year….
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity..
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 ….
I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship..
It feels great to have a #1 album..
Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing..
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music….
Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the of….
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 whol….
You can linger too long in your dreams..
One of the last times that we played in the area before I wrote "Allentown," I remember a guy coming up to us and saying, "You're never coming back h….
I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lo….
You only beat me if you get me to hate..
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right..
You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose..
You may be wrong, but you may be right..
For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift..
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines But if….
I don't belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that's what's kept me grounded because I know it's not right..
Following a code of silence, you're never gonna lose the anger..