Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
BILLY JOELLike a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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’m single but interviewing.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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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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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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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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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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