I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
BILLY JOELI took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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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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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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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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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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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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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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