Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
BILLY JOELWhen I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ 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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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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