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.
BILLY JOELShe’s got a smile that heals me.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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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’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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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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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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