I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
BILLY JOELOut of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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Slow 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
BILLY JOEL







