In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
BILLY JOELAs 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!
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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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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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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I’m single but interviewing.
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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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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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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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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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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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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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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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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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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