You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
BILLY JOELWell I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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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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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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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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