The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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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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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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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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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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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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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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