Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
BILLY JOELSergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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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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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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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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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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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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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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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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