Billy Joel Quotes
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If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.
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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.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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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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I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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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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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
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Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."
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I have a theory that is the only original things we ever do are mistakes. The only thing that we can really attribute to ourselves that is purely original are our screw-ups.
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Go on and cry in your coffee, but don't come bitching to me.
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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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You've got yoga, I've got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Streetlife serenaders Have no obligations Hold no grand illusions Need no stimulation.
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If you're a very unfulfilled person you might have a tendency to turn to crime.
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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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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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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 started just concentrating on songwriting when I was abut 20; I'd been in rock bands six or seven years, kinda got that out of my system, I said, "ok, you ain't gonna be a rock star, you don't look like a rock star, it probably ain't gonna happen. So what you should do is write songs and maybe other people will do your songs."
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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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You better believe there will be times in your life when you'll be feeling like a stumbling fool. So take it from me: you'll learn more from your accident than anything that you could ever learn in school.