"I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary." ― Billy Joel Topic(s): Age More From Billy Joel "When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory." "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself." "The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent." More In Age "Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young."― Dorothy Canfield Fisher "I’ve had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man."― Jamie Foxx "I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter’s age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves."― Joyce Maynard