I don’t know why I go to extremes.
BILLY JOELYou can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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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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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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.
BILLY JOEL