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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

Quote by Billy Joel about safety, experience

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.

Quote by Billy Joel about artists, good, good luck

I am truly pleased that the road has twisted and turned its way up the East Coast to Boston.

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

Quote by Billy Joel about age, olderness

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

Quote by Billy Joel about being

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.

Quote by Billy Joel about death, good, good luck

I didn't know my dad all that much. He and my mum split when I was pretty young. I really didn't know much about my family until recently.

Quote by Billy Joel about family

I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.

Quote by Billy Joel about consequences, things

I don't know why people thought I was retiring.

Quote by Billy Joel about thinking, people

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.

Quote by Billy Joel about things

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.

Quote by Billy Joel about praise, criticism

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

Quote by Billy Joel about drinking, people

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

Quote by Billy Joel

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

Quote by Billy Joel about wish, thinking, man

I said I wasn't going to play long, grueling tours. When I'd go out on the road for my own tours, we'd stay out for nine months to two years. That's a long tour.

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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.

Quote by Billy Joel about home, house

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.

Quote by Billy Joel about americans

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.

Quote by Billy Joel about music, humanity, culture

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.

Quote by Billy Joel about books

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.

Quote by Billy Joel about saints