Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
BILLY JOELThere’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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