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.
BILLY JOELThe graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Only the good die young.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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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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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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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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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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