They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
BILLY JOELWhen 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 yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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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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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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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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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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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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