Billy Joel Quotes and Sayings
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“Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.”
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“I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.”
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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.”
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“I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.”
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“If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.”
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“Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.”
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“I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.”
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“Artist - 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.”
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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