If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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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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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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