You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOELAdvice is cheap; you can take it from me.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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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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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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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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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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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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