every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
BILLY JOELYou enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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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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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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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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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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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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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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