I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
BILLY JOELI am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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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.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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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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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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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.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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