Billy Joel Quotes
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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.
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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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Well so, here I am at the end of the road Where do I go from here?
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I'd rather laugh in bed than do it. If I went to a lady of the night, I'd probably pay her to tell me jokes. Would that be perverted?
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There are certain artists who have taken it upon themselves to save the world, and I find that gets tiresome. I think the artist's first obligation is to the art, not to the issues . . . I think if I have something to say the best way to do that is just to tell a damn good story.
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Following a code of silence, you're never gonna lose the anger.
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People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.
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I actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what? It needs some kind of an introduction to kind of set the mood and set the flavor. So I just played this kind of cocktail lounge thing, the hustle and bustle of waitresses going by - that kind of thing.
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I don't know if people are going to remember some of these songs we're going to do tonight. Hell, I don't know if we're going to remember some of these.
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So I would choose to be with you, That's if the choice were mine to make, But you can make decisions too, And you can have this heart to break.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Do what's good for you Or you're not good for anybody.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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Who was wrong? Who was right?It didn't matter in the thick of the fight...
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It's a little intimidating to walk into a studio and know that you're going to sing a duet with Barbra Streisand.
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She's got a way about her, And everywhere she goes, a million dreams of love surround her, everywhere.
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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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If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want.
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There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.
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Maybe this won't last very long but you feel so right and I could be wrong. Maybe I've been hoping too hard. I've gone this far and it's more than I hope for.