I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
BILLY JOELMusicians 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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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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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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My songs are like my kids.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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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 all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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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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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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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.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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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