I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
BILLY JOELDavey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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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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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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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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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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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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