I watched the mighty skyline fall
BILLY JOELIf you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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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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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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