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 JOELYou just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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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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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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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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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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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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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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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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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
BILLY JOEL