Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
BILLY JOELTwyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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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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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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