I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
BILLY JOELI 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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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 could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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