In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
BILLY JOEL…And you’re the only one who knows.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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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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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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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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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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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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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Only the good die young.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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