People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
BILLY JOELI won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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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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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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