We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
Billy JoelSome love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
Billy JoelI don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
Billy JoelI am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Billy JoelMost people you'd tell "I'm gonna be a musician," they'd say, "you're crazy, you're gonna starve, you're gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you'll never make it, there's too much competition, it's a terrible business," etc. But my chorus teacher in high school said, "you've got what it takes to be a really good professional musician, you should consider it." That was an epiphany for me. So I thought, well, maybe I can help somebody, too.
Billy Joel