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.
BILLY JOELDon’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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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 was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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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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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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