I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't like the lessons very much, but I was enchanted by music. Music always transported me somewhere. Singing made feel good and being able to play the piano made me feel good.

Billy Joel

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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts. by Billy Joel

Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.

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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.

yesterday beautiful memories

We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We're all carried along, by the river of dreams.

ocean dream rivers

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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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time. by Billy Joel

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

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Don't wait for answers, just take your chances. Don't ask me why. by Billy Joel

Don't wait for answers, just take your chances. Don't ask me why.

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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic... by Billy Joel

you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for

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Do what you love, and you'll always love what you do by Billy Joel

Do what you love, and you'll always love what you do

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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.

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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 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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Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and th... by Billy Joel

Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.

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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and r... by Billy Joel

Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.

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Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life... by Billy Joel

Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.

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I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompeten... by Billy Joel

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.

gone forever insanity

I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the... by Billy Joel

I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.

fire education long

You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you coul... by Billy Joel

You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.

accidents education school

Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening... by Billy Joel

Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.

opening-up doors people