Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
BILLY JOELSing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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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 always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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