If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things. You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings.

Quote by Billy Joel

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Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't...

Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't...

You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more...

You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more...

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...

I've crashed my car three times.

I've crashed my car three times.

People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television...

People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television...

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

I'd rather laugh in bed than do it. If I went to a lady of...

I'd rather laugh in bed than do it. If I went to a lady of...

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.

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.

Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.

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

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

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't...

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

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...

It feels great to have a 1 album.

It feels great to have a 1 album.

I'm a history nut.

I'm a history nut.

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the...

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the...

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as...

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as...

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception...

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception...

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something...

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something...