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For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift. ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #believe #born #express #gift

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary. ↗

— Billy Joel

#competent #consider #extraordinary #i #i do

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record. ↗

— Billy Joel

#ban #banned #did #die #good

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make. ↗

— Elton John

#agent #because #gets #make #person

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. ↗

— Billy Joel

#actually #age #ax #been #business

I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. ↗

— Billy Joel

#i #like #met #music #person

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women. ↗

— Billy Joel

#meet #music #now #probably #reason

You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money. ↗

— Billy Joel

#guts #hate #i #making #money

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#funny #home #how #i #kind

I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it. ↗

— David Johansen

#i #know #reason #why