Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
BILLY JOELShe’s got a smile that heals me.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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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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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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