More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
BILLY JOELI don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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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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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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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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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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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 could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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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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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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