Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They were all phenomenal. Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn't mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it's just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time. ✨ Billy Joel on Not Working and Not Giving Up Drinking. Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.nytimes.com. May 24, 2013.
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- ...And you're the only one who knows. ✨ Song: And So It Goes, Album: Storm Front, 1989
- If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time. ✨ FaceBook post byBilly Joel from Aug 04, 2013
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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. ✨ FaceBook post byBilly Joel from Oct 04, 2013
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