Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
BILLY JOELI have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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 don’t know why I go to extremes.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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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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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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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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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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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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