Famous Quotes

"When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked."

Billy Joel on Money

More quotes about Money

• "When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life now that I am old I know that it is."

  Oscar Wilde on Money

• "A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."

  John Ruskin on Money

• "Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."

  Benjamin Franklin on Money

• "The lack of money is the root of all evil."

  Mark Twain on Money

• "Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it."

  Mark Twain on Money

More quotes by Billy Joel

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

• "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."

• "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."

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

• "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."