Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
BILLY JOELLife is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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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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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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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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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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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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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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