People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
BILLY JOELCall me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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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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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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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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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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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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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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 don’t know why I go to extremes.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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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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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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