Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOELI watched the mighty skyline fall
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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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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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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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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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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