You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
BILLY JOELBut I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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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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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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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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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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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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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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