You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOELShe’s got a smile that heals me.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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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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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
BILLY JOEL







