Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
BILLY JOELDavey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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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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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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