I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
BILLY JOELWhen I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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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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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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My songs are like my kids.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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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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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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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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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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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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