Billy Joel Quotes
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You may be right I may be crazy But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for.
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I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence. The culmination of technology and civilized experience.
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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 started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't like the lessons very much, but I was enchanted by music. Music always transported me somewhere. Singing made feel good and being able to play the piano made me feel good.
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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'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.
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People who are looking for art in rock 'n' roll or pop are looking for something that either doesn't or shouldn't exist.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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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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The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.
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The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.
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You see firemen, you see cops, and these guys risk their lives everyday. They do this all the time . . . to be able to see a smile on some of these people's faces -- they've gone through so much, they've lost so many of their friends.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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I know that everybody has a dream Everybody has a dream And this is my dream, my own Just to be at home And to be all alone . . . with you.
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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 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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My songs are like my kids.
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Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall.
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It's okay if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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Drank a lot of take home pay.
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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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I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.