I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
BILLY JOELWe’re on the verge of all things new.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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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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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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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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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.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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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 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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