Billy Joel quotes Singer and songwriter of the hit Piano Man Born: 05/09/1949 Country: usa

• If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time. (Billy Joel)
• If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things. You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. (Billy Joel)
• If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want. (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)
• 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)
• It feels great to have a #1 album. (Billy Joel)
• It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible. (Billy Joel)
• Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand. (Billy Joel)
• More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible. (Billy Joel)
• Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music. (Billy Joel)
• Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so. (Billy Joel)
• Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts. (Billy Joel)
• My songs are like my kids. (Billy Joel)
• The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems. (Billy Joel)
• The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent. (Billy Joel)
• There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something. (Billy Joel)
• There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex. (Billy Joel)
• Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are. (Billy Joel)
• 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? (Billy Joel)
• We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge. (Billy Joel)
• 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. (Billy Joel)
• When 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. (Billy Joel)
• When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory. (Billy Joel)
• 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)
• You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money. (Billy Joel)
• 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)

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