I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
BILLY JOELCall you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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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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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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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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When 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.
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