Billy Joel Quotes
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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People who are looking for art in rock 'n' roll or pop are looking for something that either doesn't or shouldn't exist.
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If I'm crazy then it's true That it's all because of you And you wouldn't want me any other way.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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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.
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I always hated my hair, so now it's going away.
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I thinking of people like Phil Ramone or George Martin.
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Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.
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You better believe there will be times in your life when you'll be feeling like a stumbling fool. So take it from me: you'll learn more from your accident than anything that you could ever learn in school.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face.
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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You can linger too long in your dreams...
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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.
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I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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I know that everybody has a dream Everybody has a dream And this is my dream, my own Just to be at home And to be all alone . . . with you.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines But if I go cold, I won't get sold I get put in the back in the discount rack Like another can of beans.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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I've only felt content a few times in my life, and it never lasted. I'm very discontented right now. There are situations in my life that didn't pan out. I'm like most other human beings. I try and I fail.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears.