Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
BILLY JOELHistorically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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 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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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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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 have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Only the good die young.
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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