Billy Joel Quotes
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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The more I support with my economic plans the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do.
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Dad was that one person who, no matter what he did in life, he just took it by storm, and he was so passionate and just really lived in the moment. Whatever the opposite of a procrastinator is, that was him... and I think I kind of inherited a little bit of that.
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I don't get to go to the super fancy stores unless I am in L.A. so you stay pretty real and normal that way.
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I did go bankrupt because everybody copied me - every single industry. But genuinely, it doesn't matter. I swear I don't care.
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I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
