Billy Joel Quotes
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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'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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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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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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I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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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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I watched the mighty skyline fall.
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I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life Go ahead with your own life and leave me alone.
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My songs are like my kids.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
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You can linger too long in your dreams...
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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.
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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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Move to California - my first impression of the Wild West.
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Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Ah, you look so good to me With my eyes open wide, I can see Ah, you feel so good to me And it's so good when you're here cause I'm free.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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I hate making videos. Songs are not visual. You get it out of the air. You don't watch it on MTV.
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It's okay if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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So you play your albums and you smoke your pot And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot Oh, but still you're aching for the things you haven't got, What went wrong? And if you can't understand why your world is so dead And why you've got to keep in style and feed your head Well, you're twenty one and still you mother makes your bed And that's too long.
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You see firemen, you see cops, and these guys risk their lives everyday. They do this all the time . . . to be able to see a smile on some of these people's faces -- they've gone through so much, they've lost so many of their friends.
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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.