Billy Joel

I've crashed my car three times.

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

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.

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