I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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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 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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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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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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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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 have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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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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