Billy Joel Quotes
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
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If you're a very unfulfilled person you might have a tendency to turn to crime.
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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 have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Go on and cry in your coffee, but don't come bitching to me.
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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 see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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I always hated my hair, so now it's going away.
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Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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If I'm crazy then it's true That it's all because of you And you wouldn't want me any other way.
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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 am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.
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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 can linger too long in your dreams...
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.
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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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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 may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.