Artist - musicians, painters, ...

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
 Billy Joel

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Quotes from the same author

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
 Billy Joel
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.
 Billy Joel
A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
 Billy Joel
Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.
 Billy Joel
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
 Billy Joel