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.
BILLY JOELIt should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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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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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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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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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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