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.
BILLY JOELI’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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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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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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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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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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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 really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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Only the good die young.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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