I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Quote by Billy Joel
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I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Billy Joel Quotes
- I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
- 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.
- I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music.
- I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
- Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
- We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
- When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
- When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
- 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.
- 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.
- More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.