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’m single but interviewing.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. 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.
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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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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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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’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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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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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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