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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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 Joel

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Music
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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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Dont make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though its crucial to make a living, that shouldnt be your inspiration. Do it for yourself. – Billy Joel

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Money
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I dont like country music, but I dont mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means put down. – Bob Newhart

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The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didnt really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didnt want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasnt right. – Scott Stapp

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The music stuff is just a hobby. – Tom Felton

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Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when youre listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music. – Brian Eno

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The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others. – Jose Saramago

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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature. – Zhuangzi

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Every flower must grow through dirt. – Proverb

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The delta blues is a low-down, dirty shame blues. Its a sad, big wide sound, something to make you think about people who are dead or the women who left you. – David Edwards

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