I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
BILLY JOELI always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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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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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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