I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOELShe’s got a smile that heals me.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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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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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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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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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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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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