Famous Quotes

"When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory."

Billy Joel on Education

More quotes about Education

• "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

  Nelson Mandela on Education

• "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

  Albert Einstein on Education

• "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

  Aristotle on Education

• "My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

  Maya Angelou on Education

• "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

  Oscar Wilde on Education

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."