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.
BILLY JOELI would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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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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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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