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 JOELIt’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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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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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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