More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
BILLY JOELDon’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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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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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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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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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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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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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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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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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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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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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