Billy Joel Quotes
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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I ride my own motorcycles, People are like, 'God, the guy is bad enough on cars!' Actually I have a better track record on bikes than I do with cars.
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I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I've been writing music continually ever since the last album of original tunes, "River Of Dreams" in '93.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.
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I'm single but interviewing.
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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
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It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News.
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Do what you love, and you'll always love what you do.
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I'm still dealing with the 21-year-old me. That idealist, that purist, that young, noble, and somewhat foolish guy . . . So I tell them to try to hold on to the way they feel right now. Because that's going to effect them for the rest of their lives.
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I always wrote the music first, and the music gave me the mood and the lyrics were pretty much put in to give you a map, where that mood came from and where it's going. But my first love was really the music itself, and I guess I've gone back to that.
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There are certain artists who have taken it upon themselves to save the world, and I find that gets tiresome. I think the artist's first obligation is to the art, not to the issues . . . I think if I have something to say the best way to do that is just to tell a damn good story.
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I'd rather laugh in bed than do it. If I went to a lady of the night, I'd probably pay her to tell me jokes. Would that be perverted?
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It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too. Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev'rybody loves you now.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man's Trojans.
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Slow down, you crazy child.You're so ambitious for a juvenile.
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Following a code of silence, you're never gonna lose the anger.
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I've crashed my car three times.
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It's nine o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There's an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, 'Son, can you play me a memory?/ I'm not really sure how it goes / But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes.'