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 really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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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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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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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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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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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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