I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
BILLY JOELI keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Nobody 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.”
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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