I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
BILLY JOELI didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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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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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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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 linger too long in your dreams.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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