Billy Joel Quotes
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If you search for truthfulness, you might as well be blind.
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I don't know why people thought I was retiring.
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You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.
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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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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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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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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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Clear as a crystal... Sharp as a knife...I feel like I'm in the prime of my life.
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All she wanted was sax.
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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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You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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Every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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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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I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lost it' and 'You're no good anymore.' And I crawl away with my tail between my legs and I fear that kind of ridicule, but I want them to like the music I'm bringing to them.
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And the word spread of Billy the Kid.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like these played in minor keys, keep those memories holding on.
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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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You may never understand How the Stranger is inspired, But he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong. Though you drown in good intentions, You will never quench the fire. You'll give in to your desire When the Stranger comes along.
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I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.