Billy Joel Quotes

Classical music always had a great influence on me. In fact some of my songs have a classical theme in mind.

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• Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.

  

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• Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

  

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• The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

  

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• My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.

  

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• The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

  

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• That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.

  

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• It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.

  

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• Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

  

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• I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.

  

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• I've never been one for crushing on famous people.

  

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• A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

  

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• I write other people songs. Recirculate it. It's the music business.

  

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• The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have.

  

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• Whether we're talking about books, music or film, it's all about storytelling. You get a powerful new way of connecting with people once you hear their stories.

  

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• The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.

  

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• Classical music always had a great influence on me. In fact some of my songs have a classical theme in mind.

  

  Billy Joel
  • Great
  • Music
  • Mind