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.
BILLY JOELThere’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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 Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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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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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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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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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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