Quote by Billy Joel
When I was 19, I made my first good weeks pay as a club musician.

When I was 19, I made my first good weeks pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked. – Billy Joel

Other quotes by Billy Joel

As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us. – Billy Joel

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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. – Billy Joel

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In an age of incompetence, Ive been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. Thats my job. – Billy Joel

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There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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You dont need a silver fork to eat good food. – Paul Prudhomme

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An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. – Will Rogers

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The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. – Cyril Connolly

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