Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
BILLY JOELSo many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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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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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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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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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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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.
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