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.
BILLY JOELI never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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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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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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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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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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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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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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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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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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