Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
BILLY JOELYou’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Only the good die young.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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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 just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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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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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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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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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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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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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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