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.
BILLY JOELSlow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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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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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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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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