Billy Joel Quotes
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Give us this day our daily discount merchandise.
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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 compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
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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.
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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 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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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Some of the stuff I'm writing is almost like hymns, some of my first singing and choral experiences were in church, the Church of Christ in Hicksville.
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All she wanted was sax.
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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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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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Shades of grey wherever I go The more I find out the less that I know Black and white is how it should be But shades of grey are the colors I see.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.
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Every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns.
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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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I'd start a revolution but I don't have timeI don't know why I'm still a nice guy.
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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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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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I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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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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But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies All I want is someone to believe.