Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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’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 was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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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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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 hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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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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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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