#kin

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record. ↗

— Billy Joel

#ban #banned #did #die #good

Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are. ↗

— Billy Joel

#about #because #being #chose #doubts

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

— Billy Joel

#guts #hate #i #making #money

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#funny #home #how #i #kind

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#classical #indian #intuitive #much #rigid

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#animal #based #convince #countries #decision-making

I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli. ↗

— David Johansen

#got #i #like #liza #looking

I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life. ↗

— David Johansen

#bought #canvas #compelled #creatively #day

You know, when you're making a record, you come up with 15, 20 songs. Then they start to fall by the wayside as your interest wanes. It's kind of like a process of elimination to determine which songs wind up on the record. ↗

— David Johansen

#determine #elimination #fall #interest #kind

I just want to work on things that are really hard, and when I'm not working on things that are really hard, I want to hang out with people I like to be with, and that's it. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#hard #i #just #like #out