Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
BILLY JOELI see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Only the good die young.
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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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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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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 could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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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 won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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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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Historically, 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.
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