You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
BILLY JOELYou should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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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 have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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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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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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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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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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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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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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