More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
BILLY JOELIf I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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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.
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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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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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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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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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