Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.

Quote by Billy Joel

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I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good...

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good...

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.

Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when...

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when...

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool...

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool...

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent...

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent...

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

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

Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight...

Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight...

Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that...

Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that...

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is...

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is...

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered...

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered...

You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools...

You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools...

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you...

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you...

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I...

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I...

We would all go down... together...

We would all go down... together...

When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician....

When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician....

As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are...

As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are...

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed...

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed...