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 JOELI started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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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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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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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.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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