I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
BILLY JOELWe are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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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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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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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 don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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