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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things. You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings.

~Billy Joel

Topics: Enrich Expression Feelings Human Human Needs Humanity Humans Make Music Need Needs Profound Same Same Things Then Things Who Within You Yourself

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You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.

~Billy Joel

Topics: Call Made Mistakes Only Own Things Truly You Your

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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.

~Billy Joel

Topics: Afraid Always Am Artist Back Because Becoming Good Journey Longer Lost New Reveals Something Something New Ultimately I Am

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My songs are like my kids.

~Billy Joel

Topics: Kids Like Songs

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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.

~Billy Joel

Topics: Cause Causes Charitable Creation Give Humanitarian Itself Most Much Music Musicians Our Our Time Performance So Much Time Time Why

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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

~Billy Joel

Topics: Attend Available Classical Conservatory Education Music Musician Only Option Pursue Secondary Young

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There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

~Billy Joel

Topics: About American Being Paranoia Something

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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.

~Billy Joel

Topics: America American Becomes Been Historically Mass Place Pretty Problematic Seems Think Tolerant I Think

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I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.

~Billy Joel

Topics: Any Came Going Know More Never Play Said Where

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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.

~Billy Joel

Topics: Always Been Both Bothered Criticism Criticized Even Honors Me More Praise Praised Puzzling Received Sometimes

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: May 9th, 1949

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