I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
BILLY JOELThey are sharing a drink called loneliness.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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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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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’m in a New York state of mind
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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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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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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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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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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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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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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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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