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 JOELI 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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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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My songs are like my kids.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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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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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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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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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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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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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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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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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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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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