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.
BILLY JOELI once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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I’m single but interviewing.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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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 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 am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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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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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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