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?
BILLY JOELI 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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 a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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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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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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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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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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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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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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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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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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