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.
BILLY JOELAdvice is cheap; you can take it from me.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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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.
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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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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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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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I’m single but interviewing.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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