Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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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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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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