If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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 consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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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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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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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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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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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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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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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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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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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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