More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
BILLY JOELI had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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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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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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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.
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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’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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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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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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