If we we did not have off-center people "real progress" would never occur.
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Billy Joel has that remarkable ability to turn his demons into songs, which is fortunate for us, but I often wondered how happy he really is or was. There is always a spark of "Off Center" in extremely creative people that we benefit from but it often torments them. With all his success and money, it also reinforces the old adage "Peace of Mind cannot be bought."
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That was nice.
Remarkably, Billy's career turned out far differently. Humility is a wonderful thing to be blessed with. |
Ah Yes, Billy Joel used to ride with me on my sales calls in towns like Dublin, Sandersville and the ever popular Hazlehurst & Baxley Georgia. It was not really a Saturday but many a Wednesday he was there with some of my closest friends; the other salesmen on the road in the mid-week slump that every salesman knows about..
"And the waitress is practicing politics As the businessmen slowly get stoned Yes they're sharing a drink they call "Loneliness" But it's better than drinking alone" Not a Billy Joel verse but just as true: "Holiday Inns and Two Dollar Gin Can sure look bad in the Morning." |
Kathy Manos Penn really likes Billy Joel, which is cool when anyone is passionate for a credible artist, who communicates directly to the better angels of an individual's spirit.
I feel the same way about Led Zeppelin: beaufortcountynow.com - This concert about a year before drummer John Bonham's death that ended the band. How would anyone replace John Bonham. Here is an earlier LP (not digital -this is how I heard it in 1971) / studio version of "Stairway to Heaven" where John Paul Jones could play the keyboard and the bass on separate tracks. Also Robert Plant's vocals are perfect: beaufortcountynow.com |
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The local Atlanta Journalist Lewis Grizzard said:
"If you ain't the lead dog the scenery never changes!"
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Or Shakespeare's poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.