I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.
Richard Wright
I`d be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as I was writing songs. She said, `As long as you`re seriously working on music, I`ll support you. Don`t get a job, because if you work, it will crus...
Rufus Wainwright
I`ve developed into quite a swan. I`m one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.
Rufus Wainwright
I kind of like things slightly out of tune. It makes me feel... intoxicated almost... but in a good way. Like I`m at a carnival in a dream. Not sure that makes sense, but I do have pretty good pitch recognition. I see colors for different key signatures, ...
Christine Anderson
If it seems like I`ve been lost in `lets remember`, If it seems I`m gettin` older and missin` my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
Billy Joel
They say there`s a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it`s better, but I say it ain`t. I`d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Sinners are much more fun...
Billy Joel
I`ve developed into quite a swan. I`m one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.
Rufus Wainwright
I have a theory as to why I`ve been around so long. I don`t think I`m all that good, I think I`m competent, I know how to do what I`m supposed to do. I know how to play the piano, I know how to sing in key, I know how to write music & lyrics, I know how t...
Billy Joel
They wanted me to be, you know, whatever..a little Japanese girl with tiny little fingers who played Rachmaninoff. I could only play Mozart very slowly, so whatever, I had to leave. So I was basically thrown out of the classical world for being a renegade...
Rufus Wainwright
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can`t use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I`ve been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and...
Rufus Wainwright
I look in the mirror and I go: you`re a rock star? It`s funny I don`t look like a rock star, I don`t walk around thinking like a rock star. I`m just this shmegdorf walking around and somebody confronts me and goes BILLY JOEL! and I`m like: Right, I`m that...
Billy Joel
[about recording `We Are the World`] I remember most of us who were there didn`t like the song, but nobody would say so. I think `Cyndi Lauper` leaned over to me and said, `It sounds like a Pepsi commercial.` And I didn`t disagree.
Billy Joel
I love telling stories, and I love hearing a good story being told. Songwriting is fascinating in that it incorporates two things that I love to do: create a story and write the music to it. Then I get to sing it and play the piano on top of that. My job ...
Billy Joel
It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.
There`s no life without humor. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable."
Rufus Wainwright
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.
Richard Wright
