Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
BILLY JOELLike family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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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.’
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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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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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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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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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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