When 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.
BILLY JOELHonesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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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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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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