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.
BILLY JOELI’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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My songs are like my kids.
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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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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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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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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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