Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
BILLY JOELWe 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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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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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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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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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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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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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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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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