And in the end, the love you make
Is equal to the love you take.
–The Beatles, “The End”
The words of the prophets are written on the subway wall.
–Simon & Garfunkel, “The Sound of Silence”
I’m sure I’ll think of more as soon as I hit Submit.
Sorry you must excuse me
I’ve painted my own Mona Lisa
She’s fixed everything
Now I’m spoiled beyond my wildest dreams
Dream Theater: “Blind Faith”
You’ve been all over and it’s been all over you.–U2 “Beautiful Day”
It’s amazing, with the blink of an eye, you finally see the light.
It’s amazing, when the moment arrives that you know you’ll be alright. Yeah, it’s amazing and I’m sayin a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight.–Aerosmith, “Amazing”
Gonna take a miracle to save ya, and your savior’s just left town.–Jon Bon Jovi, “Miracle”
Send lawyers, guns and money. The shit has hit the fan.–Warren Zevon, “Lawyers, Guns and Money”
IDBB
A couple of my favs:
U2 - “I was drowning in my sorrows, when my sorrows learned to swim”
Who - “And the men who spurred us on sit in judgement of all wrong. They decide and the shotgun sings the song.”
Dylan - “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”
And one non-famous quote that I’ll never forget. I was at a Grateful Dead concert, “feeling the mood” I was dancing around and playing air guitar. Between songs, I said to one of the people I was with, “People must think I’m crazy, dancing around like this.” This worthless stoner says to me, “These people are watching YOU to show THEM what to do!” Great wisdom in that! 
Tutti Frutti
All over rootie
A-wop-bop-a-loo-lop
A-lop
Bam
Boo
The sea refuses no river.
No pecking code respected for the damned.
Pete Townshend- “The Sea Refuses No River.”
Women seem wicked when you’re alone.
The Doors- “People Are Strange.”
All you people gonna go to Hell.
A place full of tortured souls.
Just moaning the blues.
And although it’s crowded, there is , Still room for you.
The Commander Cody Band- “Go To Hell.”
A current favorite:
Friends are gone one by one
I’d pretend I’m alright on my own
My disguise just starts wearin’ thin
Until all I’ve become is alone
Journey, Walking Away from the Edge
Forever caught in desert lands, one has to learn to disbelieve the sea.
Genesis, Mad man moon
Knowledge is power, got your books, go read 'em
Wisdom is ignorance
Stupidity…I call it freedom
Paul Westerberg, Knockin’ On Mine
Well I ain’t lost, but I don’t know where I am. (Talking Heads)
The rich kid becomes a junkie,
The poor kid, an advertiser:
What a tragic waste of potential -
Being a junkie’s not so good either.
- This Is Serious Mum, - “Greg! The Stop Sign!”
How 'bout this:
*Gonna find my way to heaven, `cause I did my time in hell *
*I wasn’t looking too good but I was feeling real well *
Keith Richards, Before They Make Me Run.
I’ve quoted both of these a few times here on this board, from Simon & Garfunkel’s exquisite “The Boxer:”
“Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”
AND
“After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.”
From the literary angle, there’s Thoreau’s depressing little observation:
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
“This is the Minneapolis police. The party’s over. If you all just grab your stuff and leave…”
“Hahhhhhyyyyy. F…!”
This song lyric changed my life when I heard it in 1989
“When you glorify the past, the future dries up”
U2, God Part II a tribute to John Lennon
I stopped being a person seeking the peace and love of the 60’s and early 70’s.
For some reason, I’ve found more useful advice about life, the universe and everything from rock music than I have from all my reading, although whether that says more about me or my reading tastes I can’t say.
About religion
I stopped outside a church house
Where the citizens like to sit
They say they want the kingdom
But they don’t want God in it
– “The Wanderer” U2
About what you get with revolutions
I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We don’t get fooled again
Don’t get fooled again
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
–“Won’t Get Fooled Again” The Who
About the meaning of life
You can be a coffee achiever
You can sit around the house and watch Leave It To Beaver
The future’s up to you
So what you gonna do
Dare to be stupid
– “Dare to be Stupid,” Weird Al Yankovich
About taking yourself way too seriously
It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.
–David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap
And, finally, I offer up my sig, which was taken from an Associated Press interview with Bob Dylan last year, which tells me when you know you’ve made it.
If Deep Thought is what the OP wants, then…
And you read your Emily Dickenson
And I my Robert Frost
And we note our place with book markers
To measure what we’ve lost.
—Paul Simon, “Dangling Conversation”
If you can’t be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you’re with
—Crosby, Stills & Nash
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well, you might find
You get what you need
—Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
Well I’m not the kind to live in the past
The years run too short and the days too fast
The things you lean on are the things that don’t last
—Al Stewart “Time Passages”
War’s good business so give your son
and I’d rather have my country die for me.
—Jefferson Airplane, “ReJoyce”
Every other song someone’s trying to write angels
Into the world
Every grace, every ace every near miss
Every decent kiss by a pretty girl
She was an angel
She looked like an angel
And all of the angels did sing
The angels were watching
And the angels were listening
And the angels were on hand
To stand in for everything
Cloud Blood - Ani Difranco
Dressed up like a car crash
Your wheels are turning but you’re upside down
You say when he hits you, you don’t mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Hey babe, is that what it is
Stay (Far Away So Close) - U2
(All right. Maybe I have a small angel thing this morning. Hmm.)
I am the Waffle
And you are the syrup.
I’m covered in square dents,
You’re sticky, and SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
the Cows: Sticky and Sweet
and now some words to live by:
“Daddy, what does regret mean?”
“Well, son, the funny thing about regret is that it’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you havent done. And by the way, if you see your mother this weekend be sure and tell her SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN!”
Butthole Surfers: Sweat Loaf
“Poor men want to be rich
Rich men want to be king
and the king is satisfied
to lose everything”
Badlands, Bruce Springsteen
“Take it easy, but take it.”
-Woody Guthrie