Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
BILLY JOELWe all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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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 believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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My songs are like my kids.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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