Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
BILLY JOELMusicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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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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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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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 didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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