Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
BILLY JOELMost 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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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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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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