I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.
The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song.
I'm romantically inclined. No human being on Earth is not attracted to other people. There is no fairy tale that they only have eyes for you. You just choose to act on it or not.
I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.
Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.
Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's other people who like it too.
I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on inside of me right now.
When others spoke of the fear of war, you spoke of the need for warriors and peace through strength. When others bewailed the failure of big government to provide for the collective good, you spoke of self-reliance, of personal responsibility, of individual pride and integrity. When others preached compromise - when others demanded compromise, you, Ronald Reagan, preached conviction.
Stars burn clear all night till dawn. Do that yourself, and a spring will rise in the dark with water your deepest thirst is for.
Must one rash word, the infirmity of age, throw down the merit of my better years?