I don’t know why I go to extremes.
BILLY JOELLike family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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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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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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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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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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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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I’m in a New York state of mind
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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