Famous Quotes

"When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created."

Billy Joel on Music

More quotes about Music

• "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."

  Bob Marley on Music

• "If music be the food of love, play on."

  William Shakespeare on Music

• "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

  Plato on Music

• "Without music, life would be a mistake."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Music

• "I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."

  Ray Charles on Music

More quotes by Billy Joel

• "I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary."

• "In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job."

• "As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us."

• "More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible."

• "In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job."