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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
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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able to learn from mistakes, he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
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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.
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If you're a very unfulfilled person you might have a tendency to turn to crime.
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I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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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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You've got yoga, I've got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It's alright, it's alright Sometimes that's what it takes. You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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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.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.
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