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.
BILLY JOELYou can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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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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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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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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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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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
BILLY JOEL







