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.
BILLY JOELI’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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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.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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