I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
BILLY JOELVideos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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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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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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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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My songs are like my kids.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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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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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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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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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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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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