You can linger too long in your dreams.
BILLY JOELHistorically, 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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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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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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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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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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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
BILLY JOEL







