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Billy Joel
American
Musician
Born:
May 9
,
1949
Being
Good
Music
Musicians
People
You
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
Billy Joel
Love
Time
You
Doing
What You Love
Love You
Your
Wasting
Relatable
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
Billy Joel
Music
Healing
Culture
Humanity
Matter
Think
Everyone
Something
Touched
Itself
Loves
Explosive
Expression
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
Billy Joel
Musicians
Voice
Loud
Quiet
Hearts
Want
Many
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Billy Joel
Me
Age
Incompetence
Extraordinary
Merely
Makes
Said
Am
Competent
The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
Billy Joel
Good
Tomorrow
Bad
Seems
Days
Always
Were
Ole
There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
Billy Joel
Good
Better
Sex
Nothing
Bad
Than
Sandwich
Jelly
Butter
Peanut
Peanut Butter
Artists - musicians, painters, writers, poets - always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
Billy Joel
Life
Musicians
Perception
Seem
Poets
Writers
Had
Most
Contemporary
Contemporary Life
Around
Always
Version
Accurate
Official
Going
Artists
Them
Really
Painters
Popular
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
Billy Joel
Laugh
Rather
More
Cry
Saints
Sinners
Than
Much
Fun
As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
Billy Joel
Love
Alone
Crazy
People
Live
Other
Our
Minds
Out
Feel
Like
Know
Human
Human Beings
Us
Who
Beings
Need
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
Billy Joel
Music
Food
People
Satisfied
Sold
Most
Junk
Junk Food
Being
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
World
Better
Country
Politicians
Jazz
Our
Way
Airline
Better Way
Know
Rock
Rock And Roll
Than
Commercials
Get
American
Roll
Blue
Represent
Blue Jeans
Loves
Movies
American Movies
Jeans
Whole
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
Billy Joel
Mistakes
Only
Theory
Original
Ever
Things
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
Billy Joel
Good
Family
Musicians
Other
Like
Tied
Understand
Each
More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
Billy Joel
Music
Art
More
Accessible
Than
Literature
Universally
I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
Billy Joel
Fool
Care
Been
dont Care
Lesser
Things
Brings
Consequence
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
Billy Joel
Man
Fool
Wish
Thinking
Rejection
More
Afraid
Really
Less
I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.
Billy Joel
Good
Journey
Lost
Back
Something
Something New
Longer
New
Because
Reveals
Always
Becoming
Am
Ultimately
Artist
Afraid
I've crashed my car three times.
Billy Joel
Car
Three
Times
Crashed
I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
Billy Joel
Lover
Fighter
Definitely
Than
Being
Prefer
I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music.
Billy Joel
Music
Met
Think
Type
Some
Like
Person
Who
Ever
Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
Billy Joel
Music
Yourself
Money
Living
Market
Though
Some
Something
Ratings
Inspiration
Vast
Crucial
Unseen
Share
Make
Audience
Tangible
Your
Even
When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
Billy Joel
Education
Music
Young
Secondary
Secondary Education
Conservatory
Musician
Classical
Only
Pursue
Attend
Option
Available
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
Music
Art
Great
Sense
Intimate
Inspired
Look
Were
Times
Listen
Which
Created
Works
Specific
Portraits
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
Life
You
Try
Live
Those
Musician
Kind
Ability
About
Something
Because
Being
Doubts
Who
Expressed
Chose
It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
Billy Joel
Impossible
Living
Musician
Almost
Make
Really
Hard
It feels great to have a #1 album.
Billy Joel
Great
Feels
Album
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