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.
BILLY JOELI’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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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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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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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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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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