Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
BILLY JOELYou can linger too long in your dreams.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Nobody 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.”
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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
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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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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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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