Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
BILLY JOELIt 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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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 wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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