Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOELMy songs are like my kids.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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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 won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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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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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
BILLY JOEL