Best quotes by Billy Joel on Music

Checkout quotes by Billy Joel on Music

• ‟ I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

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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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• ‟ 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?

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• ‟ If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things. You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings.

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• ‟ Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

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• ‟ More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.

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• ‟ Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.

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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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• ‟ 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.

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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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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music.

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• ‟ For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

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