You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
BILLY JOELI took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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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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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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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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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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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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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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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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Only the good die young.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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