My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOELWe’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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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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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as 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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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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