I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
BILLY JOELLike a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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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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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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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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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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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 consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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