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Billy Joel

I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
BILLY JOEL

Inspirational Motivational Music
You can speak your mind But not on my time.
BILLY JOEL

Mind Song Speak Time
We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Demand Music Successful
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
BILLY JOEL

Men Rejection Thinking
There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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Butter Peanut Sex Witty
I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Extremes Insanity Knows
I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
BILLY JOEL

Country Political Soldiers Trying
The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
BILLY JOEL

Blue Commercial Country Rocks
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
BILLY JOEL

Age Entertainer Idols Magazines Money
Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
BILLY JOEL

Drinking Loneliness
I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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Civil Dominate Politics Servant
Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
BILLY JOEL

Goodbye Inspirational Tomorrow
Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
BILLY JOEL

Law Night Order
Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOEL

Anyway One Songs
Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
BILLY JOEL

Blood Hot Writing
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
BILLY JOEL

Criticism Honor Praise Received Sometimes
You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
BILLY JOEL

Giving Hate People
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 JOEL

Musician Safety Wire
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 JOEL

Country Mass Problems Thinking
I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Definitely Fighter Lovers
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.
BILLY JOEL

Alchemist Fun Wizards
I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
BILLY JOEL

Family Men Mint
I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOEL

Age Fighting Noble
Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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Dirty Found Quality You
They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
BILLY JOEL

Believe Eye Sadness
There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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Away Going Houston Kids
I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
BILLY JOEL

Not Philosophy Righteous Sure

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