In an age of incompetence, Ive been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. Thats my job. – Billy Joel
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. – Billy Joel
Im probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 – to meet women. – Billy Joel
More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible. – Billy Joel
I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, Oh, God, whats this? I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. – Whitney Houston