If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
BILLY JOELIn 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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I’m in a New York state of mind
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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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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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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