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 JOELWhen I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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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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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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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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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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