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 JOELI’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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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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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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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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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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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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