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To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore.

Quote by William Godwin

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.

Quote by William Godwin about power

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?

Quote by William Godwin about children, love

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

Quote by William Godwin about merit, name, 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.

Quote by Billy Joel about poets, writers, artists, life

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.

Quote by Billy Joel about need, human imperfections, love, people

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

Quote by Billy Joel about gifts, reason, music, faith, being, people

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

Quote by Billy Joel about americans, music, being, world, contentment

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

Quote by Billy Joel about safety, experience

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

Quote by Billy Joel about artists, good, good luck

I am truly pleased that the road has twisted and turned its way up the East Coast to Boston.

Quote by Billy Joel

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

Quote by Billy Joel about age, olderness

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

Quote by Billy Joel about being

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.

Quote by Billy Joel about death, good, good luck

I didn't know my dad all that much. He and my mum split when I was pretty young. I really didn't know much about my family until recently.

Quote by Billy Joel about family

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

Quote by Billy Joel about consequences, things

I don't know why people thought I was retiring.

Quote by Billy Joel about thinking, people

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

Quote by Billy Joel about things

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

Quote by Billy Joel about praise, criticism

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

Quote by Billy Joel about drinking, people