Quote by Billy Joel
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most

Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself. – Billy Joel

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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. – Billy Joel

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Experience
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent. – Billy Joel

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movies
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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. – Billy Joel

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Music
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I decided to make music again at a time when I couldnt have had more obstacles. – Marilyn Manson

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Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. – Elton John

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We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans musicians. It is called the Musicians Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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Its true, theres a lot of melancholy in my music. I dont know why, Im not a melancholy person. Ive always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat. – Norah Jones

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To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. – Plutarch

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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble. – Lajos Kossuth

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We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose also the first announcement of death. – Peter Conrad

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