It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
BILLY JOELWhen 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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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 took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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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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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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 see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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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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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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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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