I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
BILLY JOELNobody 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.”
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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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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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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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 can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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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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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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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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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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But 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.
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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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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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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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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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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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