There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
BILLY JOELHonesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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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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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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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 would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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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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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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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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