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.
BILLY JOELWhat if she figures out you’re not very smart?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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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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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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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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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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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 whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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