Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOELSlow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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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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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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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.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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