Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
BILLY JOELMore than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I’m single but interviewing.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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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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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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