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.
BILLY JOELDon’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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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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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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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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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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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 definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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