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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More Billy Joel Quotes
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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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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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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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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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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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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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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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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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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