Billy Joel Quotes
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'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and then they had to, you know, try to pick up the pieces of their lives and bring up their children. And, it was a great example for us. I guess we grew up with a certain amount of the ethics our parents had, which is, you know: work hard, make your own way, be independent.
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If we're going to keep ourselves interested, we can't play for the reviewer and we can't just play for the audience. In the end, you have to just play for yourself.
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Why should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.
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The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.
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Go on and cry in your coffee, but don't come bitching to me.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.billy
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I always hated my hair, so now it's going away.
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I don't know why I go to extremes.
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She will promise you more Than the Garden of Eden Then she'll carelessly cut you And laugh while you're bleeding.
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I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was trying to sing like Frankie Valli. They had a song called "Ragdoll," which was about a poor girl and a rich guy. So I just flipped it around and made it about a rich girl and a poor guy.
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You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.
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I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too; I had my pointless points of view. And life went on no matter who as wrong or right.
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I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Some people sleep all alone every night Instead of taking a lover to bed Some people find that it's easier to hate Than to wait anymore.
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I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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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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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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But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies All I want is someone to believe.
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I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a dead audience you're gonna stink. If we play for a great crowd we're much better. You want 'em to make noise. It's kinda like sex, if they don't make noise, you ain't doin' it right.