I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
BILLY JOELWe 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Only the good die young.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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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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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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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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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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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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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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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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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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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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