When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
BILLY JOELI’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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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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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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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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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