I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
BILLY JOELI’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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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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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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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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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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