Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
BILLY JOELWorking too hard can give you a heart-attack.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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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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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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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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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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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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My songs are like my kids.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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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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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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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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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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