If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
BILLY JOELMore than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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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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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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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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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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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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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 had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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