I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
BILLY JOELWhen 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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.
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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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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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