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BILLY JOELWhen I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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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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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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