It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn.

Every one of Joel's important songs--including the happy ones--are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or 'interesting lonely' (like Radiohead); it's 'lonely lonely,' like the way it feels when you're being hugged by someone and it somehow makes you sadder.

I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it.

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Life is rarely about what happened; it's mostly about what we think happened.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel.