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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

Billy Joel

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…
BILLY JOEL

Comes Heart Past Sanctuary Strong
…And you’re the only one who knows.
BILLY JOEL

Good Inspirational Love Morning
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.
BILLY JOEL

Mean Opinion Singers
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
BILLY JOEL

Food Junk People Sold
You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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Crazy Insanity Mind
My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
BILLY JOEL

Autograph Daughter Missions
I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
BILLY JOEL

Classical People Rolling Stones Use
You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOEL

Enrich Expressions Kids Songs
You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
BILLY JOEL

Hard Mistakes Reputation Times
Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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Courage Fighting Title
I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
BILLY JOEL

Insanity Talking Winos
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.
BILLY JOEL

Boys Drinking Inspirational
Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
BILLY JOEL

Doors Opening People
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
BILLY JOEL

Creative Outlets Records
Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
BILLY JOEL

Allowed Mistakes Sometimes Takes
I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
BILLY JOEL

Country Political Soldiers Trying

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