Billy Joel Quotes
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don't have that, you're kidding yourself and your listener.
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If I'm gonna be losing it, I might as well be doing it right.
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Part of me is afraid to let go of this other thing, which was so hugely successful. But on the other hand, I have to move ahead, or else my feet are stuck in the cement. I feel like I'm capable of writing other kinds of music, and I'm at a transitional time in my life.
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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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I know how big business works. I don't trust it.
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Give us this day our daily discount merchandise.
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When you look into my eyes And you see the crazy gypsy in my soulIt always comes as a surprise When I feel my withered roots begin to grow Well I never had a place that I could call my very own That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We're all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again. Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
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If you search for truthfulness, you might as well be blind.
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The happiest times in my life were when my relationships were going well -- when I was in love with someone, and someone was loving me. But in my whole life, I haven't met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I'm discontented about that. I'm angry with myself. I have regrets.
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I don't know why people thought I was retiring.
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We're on the verge of all things new.
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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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I tell the audience every night, "I hope you didn't pay more than face value on that ticket, because we ain't worth more than that, and you ain't gonna get any more than that."
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It's not just the market fluctuation. It's also what's going on with these big companies. Everyone's got questions about this.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.