I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
BILLY JOELNo matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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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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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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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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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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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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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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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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