I don’t know why I go to extremes.
BILLY JOELI consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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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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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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