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 am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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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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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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