I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
BILLY JOELI am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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 keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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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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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 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.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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