I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
BILLY JOELKnow what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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