Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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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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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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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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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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