I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOELI’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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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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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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My songs are like my kids.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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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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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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