I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
BILLY JOELSlow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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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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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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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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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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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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