As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
BILLY JOELMy daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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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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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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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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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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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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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