Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
BILLY JOELSlow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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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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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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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 enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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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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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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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 have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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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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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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