Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
BILLY JOELYou can linger too long in your dreams.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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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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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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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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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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Only the good die young.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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