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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.

Billy Joel

It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
BILLY JOEL

Acceptance Love Loving Yourself
I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
BILLY JOEL

Consistency Craftmanship Long Piano
I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
BILLY JOEL

Boredom Children Reality
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 Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
BILLY JOEL

Change Good Times Hair Love Trying
Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
BILLY JOEL

Inspiration Tangible Unseen
But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
BILLY JOEL

Help Point Promised Something Try
There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
BILLY JOEL

Kindness People Reality
If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
BILLY JOEL

Kids Kids Want Something Tell
I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
BILLY JOEL

Country Mass Problems Thinking
We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
BILLY JOEL

Alcohol Drug Soul
Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
BILLY JOEL

Art Honesty Kidding Part Truth
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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Arabia Country Lawrence Place
We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
BILLY JOEL

Humans Making Mistakes Suppose
Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
BILLY JOEL

Doors Opening People
Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
BILLY JOEL

Giving Heart Work
This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
BILLY JOEL

Moments Past Relentless

Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.

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