If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
BILLY JOELThere’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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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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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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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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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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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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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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My songs are like my kids.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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