I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
BILLY JOELPeople 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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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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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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