You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
BILLY JOELWhat if she figures out you’re not very smart?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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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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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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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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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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