Quote by Billy Joel
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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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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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Ive come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, its a Greek tragedy. – Billy Joel

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Tragedy
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us. – Billy Joel

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alone
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Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind. – Lewis Thomas

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The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the worlds popular music is a good thing, for the most part. – David Byrne

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You know I used to listen to music a lot more. – Brett Favre

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