There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
BILLY JOELIt’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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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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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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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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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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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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