In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
BILLY JOELWhen 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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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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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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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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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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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