I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
BILLY JOELMost people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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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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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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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 said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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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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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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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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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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