Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.

Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.

Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.

Only the good die young.

I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can't walk away from you.

Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood. Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm talking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line. I'm in a New York state of mind.

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.

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.

Fill your mind Holy Scripture, that speak life into your life.

He tugs me closer, and my ankles lock behind him. "Is it PG-13 time?

It is not about problems, it is about solutions

the only drinking problem I've ever had, is figuring out why I'm still stuck in this salad spinner

We end up treating life the way we see fit

I think all the obituaries for newspapers we're hearing are premature. Many papers are belatedly but successfully adapting to the new news environment. I

Innocence is its own defense.

If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.

When you are not willing to fully receive, you are training the universe not to give to you! It's simple: if you aren't willing to receive your share, it will go to someone else who is.