She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
BILLY JOELYou may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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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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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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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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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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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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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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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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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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