Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
BILLY JOELThere’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of 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 have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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