Billy Joel Quotes

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.

Censorship is the height of vanity.

I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

Give people control of the media and they will use it. Don’t give them control and you will lose it.

Dictators are as scared of books as they are of cannon.

Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.

RULERS should be careful about what songs are allowed to be sung.

I am against censorship. I don't think there is anything more stupid than censorship.

Censors, the whole idea of it, is so childish. You feel like you're talking to hall monitors in school again.

We can't let censorship take over.

Censorship in all its forms must be challenged.

I don't remember a time when words were not dangerous.

Once you get used to censorship, sometimes you self-censor.

I'm not for censorship without reason.

A lot of people know who I am now. They want a little bit of me, a little bit of my time. But at the end of the day, I still have to remember who I am.

I can't control other people, what their beliefs are.

Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore, any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that- imaginary

Nobody can tell me what I can or can't do, except they can.

As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering "Yes" to "Am I my brother's copper?" He guards a one-way street and his semaphore has four signs, all marked "stop.

...the right to free expression is something one seizes, not something one is given.... if it does exist, it exists to be used against the established order.... There is absolute opposition between the artist and the state.

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.

Free speech is a great idea, but were in a war.

Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.