It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
BILLY JOELIt’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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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’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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