Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
BILLY JOELThough you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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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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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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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