I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
BILLY JOELMost of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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This 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.
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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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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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 only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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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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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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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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