Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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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 can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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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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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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