Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
BILLY JOELWhen I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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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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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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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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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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Slow 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
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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