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Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented.


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My big influences are piano artists like Billy Joel and Elton John.
KYLE DUNNIGAN His style is sort of pop, like Billy Joel or Elton John.
CHRIS BRANDON I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was ...
MARLEE MATLIN Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Ste...
JON SECADA My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wo...
GLORIA ESTEFAN Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
BEN FOLDS I respect Billy Joel, but I'm not a guy who's gonna sit down and listen to the entire 'E...
GARTH RISK HALLBERG I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with B...
GAVIN DEGRAW I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, ...
SARA BAREILLES I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... The...
JON BELLION Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listen...
ACTION BRONSON I always loved those early Elton John albums. I sort of keep going back there,
CAMERON CROWE Spencer is completely talented and Billy's right behind him. They're both workaholics. Billy lives t...
GLENN BASS For me, '52nd Street' is quintessential Billy Joel. I bought that record as a kid and listen...
DARIUS RUCKER It was so much fun, I got to sit with Elton John and he gave me a ring.
LEANN RIMES It's exciting. It's a double dose of Billy Joel.
BARBARA BOCHNER There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
ISAAC HANSON Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and gu...
DAVE MUSTAINE I've always wanted to marry Elton John
BARRY MANILOW Everyone seems to be really excited. I mean, everyone was really excited about the concert. It's lik...
BARBARA BOCHNER My favorites growing up were always Billy Joel, Michael Jackson... and Placido Domingo.
JOSH YOUNG Working with both of them has been just amazing because they're both so talented, and they're both s...
DALE SHIELDS Most people are blown away by the fact that Beck is Jewish... and Billy Joel. I didn't know he w...
GUY OSEARY I'm kind of a dirty guy, a little Bill Laimbeer-ish. Those are the guys I used to watch growing ...
KEVIN LOVE I would not have paid a lot of money to see Elton John.
DANIELE CASALE I've met Nicole Kidman, Elton John, loads of people.
ALLAN CARR It was phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal. It's Billy Joel - what else do you have to say?
JOSH DAVIS I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I g...
TIM HUDSON They take the mick, with Elton John and things like that.
JAMES LOMAS The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
“Elton John?”
KAMI GARCIA The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.
GAVIN DEGRAW We've asked them to bring our team to the playoffs. They are both older guys, so we expect a lot out...
FRANCOIS GIGUERE When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton Jo...
CEELO GREEN Me and Nic lift in the morning and run. Practicing with Joel and those guys helps a lot.
TREVOR CORDES I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear 'The Stranger.' 'You May Be Right' ma...
ADAM PALLY Elton John decided he wanted to rename Watford and call it Queen of the South.
TOMMY DOCHERTY Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.
BILLY JOEL I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my fe...
CRISTINA SARALEGUI Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's ...
NOEL GALLAGHER As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.
ZAKK WYLDE I think it's going to be very difficult. Are guys talented enough? Oh, heck yes,
DON SUTTON It?s difficult to find talented, gifted and creative people who are so loyal.
JOSEPH TROTTER I want to have a record with Beyonce or Lady Gaga. They are both my inspirations. Especially Beyonce...
CHARICE PEMPENGCO Billy Campbell who is... I... truly one of the most talented actors today.
SELA WARD I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.
IAN AXEL Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage versio...
JERRY HALL We are excited to present the talents of MCG on legendary Steinway instruments. From Chopin to Billy...
BILL ANDREWS Both are great guys and we're going to miss them.
AL GALLAGHER I dabbled a little bit in the whole music thing but I've always thought about Bernie Taupin, who...
CARMEN EJOGO You have to cover. There are times we're going to pooch with Joel, but Joel has a big leg, and we sh...
RANDY WALKER Monty and I have both put pressure on ourselves to be the best we can be. But those guys are legends...
CHAD BROWN It's huge. We've got eight games against them and 16 points to play for. Probably the guys who win t...
HENRIK ZETTERBERG We're expecting both of these guys to be a big part of the team this year. I don't like to say they'...
MARK MASON There are so many talented artists in this town. I wanted to support them.
MICHAEL YAZEL My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my ...
BRANDI CARLILE I was surprised and shocked by Elton Fay?s comments. I will not be voting for Elton Fay.
BILL MONROE Long may Elton John continue to be a foul mouthed voice in the wilderness, ranting against the pompo...
LORRAINE KELLY I really love all types of music. I'm really open to that. I really love Bruno Mars, Justin Timb...
HAILEE STEINFELD Those guys are great people. Both are giving a lot back to the community.
BILL MERCER We're battling for first place with Ottawa, so all those games are going to be huge. Then Toronto an...
DEREK ROY I just want to make things right. I don't know if Billy Joel knows, but as an entertainer, and the f...
ALICE ALYCE Just somehow to be able to get a win, that's huge with all those guys out.
JAMIE MARTIN They're both young and talented. We have a lot of confidence in them. They have done a great job so ...
CAROLYN ECKHARDT Both of those guys are playing real well right now.
DARRELL HAZELL Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
BARRY WHITE I've had so many hot, cheesy, corny loves of music in my life. I had a very intense Billy Joel p...
JACK BLACK It was a free-for-all with music when I was growing up. My mother was a huge music fanatic so I was ...
TIG NOTARO Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Will Ferrell, those guys mean so much to me because I watched those guys ...
ROB RIGGLE I have been around for 35 years. I have met Elvis Presley, Elton John, John Lennon, all the Beatles....
URI GELLER I listen to Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Nat Cole, John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles....
JAMES DARREN I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wic...
MOBY So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. ...
PETER DINKLAGE As an atheist you have to rationalize things. . . . Then you have to try and make some sort of sense...
BILLY JOEL When I started out, I wanted to be Billy Joel. The plan was to be a singer-songwriter of that ilk, a...
JASON ROBERT BROWN I was excited to get both those guys down there, but both of them when they came off the mat said th...
STEVE ECKERT After seeing both of those guys, I would say that they should be at the top.
YATES HALL I got to know Elton John's older music by learning to like his newer stuff. 'The Lion King?&...
AARON SCHOCK It's huge. We're both among the best teams in the league. I think we're equally talented. We both ha...
BRANDON BYER Those two guys did the same thing in the dual. They genuinely don't like each other. They're both ve...
TOM ARLIS CLEMENTINE: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
JOEL: I know.
CLEMENTINE: What d...
CHARLIE KAUFMAN Quite naturally, common people take inspirations from them and try to emulate them.
ATHARVA VEDA Both those guys are very similar athletically and we haven't had that here. Nowadays defenses are ge...
DAN WERNER Those guys are capable, but they're both learning, and it's their first year, and it's going to take...
BRYSON ROSSER There's confidence in both guys. Both guys can execute the offense, both guys can score, both guys c...
GERALD WALLACE I thought we played good enough to win, but Elton willed them to victory.
SHANE BATTIER They've been awesome. It's so important that those guys do their jobs. They're a huge part (of our s...
JASON KENDALL I grew up in the '70s, and I hear in my own stuff a lot of what I grew up listening to, which is...
JASON ROBERT BROWN Guys who used them are going to have to find alternative solutions.
MIKE SCIOSCIA GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New ...
STEVEN ADLER I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' a...
BRANDON FLOWERS One month I'll be completely obsessed with Bob Dylan and the next Arcade Fire. I like early Elto...
TOM ODELL Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I...
JAMES TAYLOR I know the guy. He's definitely not going to surprise me. I'm letting guys know how talented he is, ...
THOMAS DAVIS Elton (Flatley) has been playing really well so I didn't really know whether I'd be playing there,
MATT GITEAU Those are the kinds of things we point out to our guys. But you want them to be confident, so it's a...
ED DECHELLIS There are so many talented actors in my contemporaries and my seniors... I seek inspiration from eac...
TIGER SHROFF I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.
BILLY CONNOLLY These two guys are veteran fighters, ... The good thing is, both of these guys have chins, so it is ...
OSCAR DE LA HOYA That's really been an enjoyable thing on my part. Those three guys coach with the middle school team...
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