You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
BILLY JOELThey are sharing a drink called loneliness.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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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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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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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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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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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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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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