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?
BILLY JOELI definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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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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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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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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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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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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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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