I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
BILLY JOELIn a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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