I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
BILLY JOELMost people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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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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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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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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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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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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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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