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 JOELI definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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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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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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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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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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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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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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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.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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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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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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