Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Water has an endless horizon; there is no limitation when you look out into the water. There's nothing to interfere with the mind's eye projecting itself as far as it can possibly imagine. I suppose it's the same way people in the Midwest feel about watching amber waves of grain or endless rows of cornfields. There is something exhilarating about it.
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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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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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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I'm proud of all of them for one reason or another.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
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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 always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.
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I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.
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I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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Every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns.
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You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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The good days weren't really so good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
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Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.
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The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.
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I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence. The culmination of technology and civilized experience.
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You've got yoga, I've got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.