Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOELThough it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m single but interviewing.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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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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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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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 can linger too long in your dreams.
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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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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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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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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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