Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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I’m single but interviewing.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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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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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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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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