Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
BILLY JOELVideos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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Historically, 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.
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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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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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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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