The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
BILLY JOELMusicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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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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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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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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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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