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Billy Joel


American
May 9, 1949
Musician
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My songs are like my kids.


Billy Joel
Tags: Like Kids Songs
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.


Billy Joel
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.


Billy Joel
Tags: Music More Than
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.


Billy Joel
Tags: Music Food People
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.


Billy Joel
Tags: Good Family Like
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
Billy Joel
Tags: Being Now Find
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.


Billy Joel
Tags: More Really Man
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I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.


Billy Joel
Tags: More Know Never
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I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.


Billy Joel
Tags: Age Me Am
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
Billy Joel
Tags: Music Women Now
You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
Billy Joel
Tags: You Your Things
When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
Billy Joel
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
Billy Joel
Tags: Great Very Way
I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.
Billy Joel
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
Tags: Myself Bad Means
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
Billy Joel
Tags: Time Music Our
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
Billy Joel
Tags: Me More Always