Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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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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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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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.
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