I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
BILLY JOELMy songs are like my kids.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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