The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
BILLY JOELLawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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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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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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Only the good die young.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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