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.”
BILLY JOELIn 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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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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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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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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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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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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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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