Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
BILLY JOELWhen I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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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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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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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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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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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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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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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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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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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Only the good die young.
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