We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
BILLY JOELSomeday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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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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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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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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