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.
BILLY JOELWhy do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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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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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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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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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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