Billy Joel Quotes
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It's not just the market fluctuation. It's also what's going on with these big companies. Everyone's got questions about this.
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If I traveled all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my side There's a roof above and good walls all around You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.
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I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I'm proud of all of them for one reason or another.
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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.
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I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.
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I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too; I had my pointless points of view. And life went on no matter who as wrong or right.
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I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can't wait.
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I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody else. I don't like my own voice, I like Ray Charles, Robert Plant, I like Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, people that have an edge in their voice.
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Sweetness flows from your appearance and your beauty makes me fall more in love with you. Anytime I feel low, I think about the good times you have given me and everything seems good again.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."
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You've got yoga, I've got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we're on the verge of all things new.
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I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies All I want is someone to believe.
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No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
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The good days weren't really so good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
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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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I started just concentrating on songwriting when I was abut 20; I'd been in rock bands six or seven years, kinda got that out of my system, I said, "ok, you ain't gonna be a rock star, you don't look like a rock star, it probably ain't gonna happen. So what you should do is write songs and maybe other people will do your songs."
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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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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?