Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They were all phenomenal. Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn't mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it's just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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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 am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines But if I go cold, I won't get sold I get put in the back in the discount rack Like another can of beans.
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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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You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.
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It should be easy for a man who's strong to say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
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Classical music always had a great influence on me. In fact some of my songs have a classical theme in mind.
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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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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can't walk away from you.
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I always hated my hair, so now it's going away.
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If I'm gonna be losing it, I might as well be doing it right.
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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.
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If you search for truthfulness, you might as well be blind.
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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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I've only felt content a few times in my life, and it never lasted. I'm very discontented right now. There are situations in my life that didn't pan out. I'm like most other human beings. I try and I fail.
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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 don't care what you say anymore, this is my life Go ahead with your own life and leave me alone.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall.