People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
BILLY JOELYou only beat me if you get me to hate.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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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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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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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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When 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.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Only the good die young.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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