Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
BILLY JOELNobody 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.”
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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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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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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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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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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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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