Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.

Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.

Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool.

Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.

I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal.

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.