I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
BILLY JOELArtist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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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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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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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 had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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