Rolling Stone magazine would not say anything positive about me, and they were the tastemakers at the time. There were people from the old guard who insisted I wasn't a real rock and roller. Well, O.K., fine -- I'm not a real rock and roller. You got me. Billy Joel
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Does Joel feel a particular resonance with any of this year's other nominees? Sure, he says -- Paul McCartney, because of the Beatles.] The Beatles were the band that made me realize it was possible to make a living as a musician, ... When I heard the Beatles, I said, 'That's what I want to do!' - Billy Joel Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0RvZXMgSm9lbCBmZWVsIGEgcGFydGljdWxhciByZXNvbmFuY2Ugd2l0aCBhbnkgb2YgdGhpcyB5ZWFyJ3Mgb3RoZXIgbm9taW5lZXM/IFN1cmUsIGhlIHNheXMgLS0gUGF1bCBNY0NhcnRuZXksIGJlY2F1c2Ugb2YgdGhlIEJlYXRsZXMuXSBUaGUgQmVhdGxlcyB3ZXJlIHRoZSBiYW5kIHRoYXQgbWFkZSBtZSByZWFsaXplIGl0IHdhcyBwb3NzaWJsZSB0byBtYWtlIGEgbGl2aW5nIGFzIGEgbXVzaWNpYW4sIC4uLiBXaGVuIEkgaGVhcmQgdGhlIEJlYXRsZXMsIEkgc2FpZCwgJ1RoYXQncyB3aGF0IEkgd2FudCB0byBkbyEnIA==&author=ICBCaWxseSBKb2VsICAgIA==&num=1 "[Does Joel feel a particular resonance with any of this year's other nominees? Sure, he says -- Paul McCartney, because of the Beatles.] The Beatles were the band that made me realize it was possible to make a living as a musician, ... When I heard the Beatles, I said, 'That's what I want to do!' - Billy Joel Quotes")
