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 JOELHot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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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 haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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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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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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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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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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