If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
BILLY JOELIf 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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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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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 have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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