Billy Joel Quotes - Page 2

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• People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don't wanna know about your technical problems, or if you're not feeling good, they don't wanna know we have a glitch. It's their night, you better do something to earn that money.

  Billy Joel

  Night, People, Feel Good

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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• Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

  Billy Joel

  Inspirational, Goodbye, Tomorrow

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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.

  Billy Joel

  Mean, Singers, Opinion

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• I look in the mirror and think, 'I don't look like a rock star.' I talked about this with Bono and we looked at each other and decided we look like a pair of bricklayers.

  Billy Joel

  Stars, Thinking, Mirrors

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• I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.

  Billy Joel

  Greek, Musical, Tragedy

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• The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.

  Billy Joel

  Life, Giving, Joy

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• I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.

  Billy Joel

  Education, Fire, Long

  Song: A Matter Of Trust, Album: The Bridge, 1986

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• Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.

  Billy Joel

  Trying, Now And Then, South

  Song: The Stranger, Album: The Stranger, 1977

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• Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."

  Billy Joel

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Vitality

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• You can speak your mind But not on my time.

  Billy Joel

  Song, Speak Your Mind, My Time

  Song: This Is My Life, Album: 52nd Street, 1978

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• I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't like the lessons very much, but I was enchanted by music. Music always transported me somewhere. Singing made feel good and being able to play the piano made me feel good.

  Billy Joel

  Years, Play, Piano

  FaceBook post by Billy Joel from Oct 22, 2013

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• It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.

  Billy Joel

  Love Yourself, Acceptance, Loving Yourself

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• There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.

  Billy Joel

  Witty, Sex, Peanut Butter

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.

  Billy Joel

  Inspirational, Competition, Age

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• I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. 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.

  Billy Joel

  Teacher, School, Self

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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• Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.

  Billy Joel

  Advice

  Song: The Great Wall Of China, Album: 12 Gardens Live, 1993

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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, it's a terrible business," etc. But my chorus teacher in high school said, "you've got what it takes to be a really good professional musician, you should consider it." That was an epiphany for me. So I thought, well, maybe I can help somebody, too.

  Billy Joel

  Teacher, Crazy, School

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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• There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.

  Billy Joel

  Kindness, Reality, People

  Song: All About Soul, Album: River of Dreams, 1993

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• In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

  Billy Joel

  Birthday, Song, Jobs

  FaceBook post by Billy Joel from May 31, 2012

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• You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.

  Billy Joel

  Rocks, Old Rock, Hard

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• Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.

  Billy Joel

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Junk

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• They say there's a heaven for those who wait, some say it's better I say it ain't.

  Billy Joel

  Evil, Waiting, Heaven

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• you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for

  Billy Joel

  Crazy, May, Might

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• Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

  Billy Joel

  Safety, Wire, Musician

  FaceBook post by Billy Joel from Jul 25, 2012

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• I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.

  Billy Joel

  Believe, Clouds, Important

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