Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
BILLY JOEL…And you’re the only one who knows.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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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 tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Only the good die young.
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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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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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