Billy Joel Quotes
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Most people you'd tell "I'm gonna be a musician," they'd say, "you're crazy, you're gonna starve, you're gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you'll never make it, there's too much competition, it's a terrible business," etc. But my chorus teacher in high school said, "you've got what it takes to be a really good professional musician, you should consider it." That was an epiphany for me. So I thought, well, maybe I can help somebody, too.
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Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like 300 songs and I'm gonna have to re-learn some of them!
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Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honest is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you.
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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
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A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.
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I look in the mirror and think, 'I don't look like a rock star.' I talked about this with Bono and we looked at each other and decided we look like a pair of bricklayers.
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I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand Another serenader and another long haired band Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts, But I know the game, you'll forget my name, And I won't be here in another year If I don't stay on the charts.
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You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
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I can't remember faces, don't remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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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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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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We were sharp... as sharp as knives. And we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives...
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I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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My friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane!
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
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Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.
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From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time East and west of the Rio Grande. Well, he started with a bank in Colorado In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid. And his age and his size took the teller by surprise, And the word spread of Billy the Kid.
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She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.