You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
BILLY JOELThis is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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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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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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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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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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