I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
BILLY JOELAnd the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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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.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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