I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
BILLY JOELRock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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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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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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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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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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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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I’m single but interviewing.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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