#thing

I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things. ↗

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

#expression #feelings #human #human needs #humanity

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

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself. ↗

— Billy Joel

#crucial #even #inspiration #living #make

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes. ↗

— Billy Joel

#i #mistakes #only #original #theory

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something. ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #deep-seated #paranoia #something

Conventionally, one looks at history as something of the past. But after Einstein, who knows what is in the past and what is in the present? ↗

— Roland Joffe

#einstein #history #in the past #knows #looks

I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience. ↗