Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
BILLY JOELWhen I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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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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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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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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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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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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