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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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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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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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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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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.
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I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a dead audience you're gonna stink. If we play for a great crowd we're much better. You want 'em to make noise. It's kinda like sex, if they don't make noise, you ain't doin' it right.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking Uptown Girl! I was trying to sing like Frankie Valli. They had a song called Ragdoll, which was about a poor girl and a rich guy. So I just flipped it around and made it about a rich girl and a poor guy.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.
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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.
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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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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I don't know why I go to extremes.
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When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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Advice is cheap you can take it from me.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts... Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they're for.
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You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true.
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Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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