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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More Billy Joel Quotes
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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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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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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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 am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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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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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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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.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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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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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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