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.
BILLY JOELI started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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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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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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I 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.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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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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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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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
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I’m single but interviewing.
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