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I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
Billy Joel
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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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New York City
New York
William Martin Joel
William Martin Billy Joel
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William M. Joel
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I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I'm proud of all of them for one reason or another.
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I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I look in the mirror and think, 'I don't look like a rock star.' I talked about this with Bono and we looked at each other and decided we look like a pair of bricklayers.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time.
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All she wanted was sax.
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It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
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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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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we're on the verge of all things new.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, Listen to me. Now it says, Look at me.
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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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Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.
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I'm single but interviewing.
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Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time.
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People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
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