Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
BILLY JOELI think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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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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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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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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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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Out 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.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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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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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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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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