When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
BILLY JOELYou can speak your mind But not on my time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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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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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Most 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.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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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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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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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 all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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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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