People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
Billy JoelWhen 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 JoelYou may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
Billy JoelI actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what? It needs some kind of an introduction to kind of set the mood and set the flavor. So I just played this kind of cocktail lounge thing, the hustle and bustle of waitresses going by - that kind of thing.
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