Billy Joel Quotes - Page 6

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• It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two

  Billy Joel

  Two, Alright, Loses

  Song: Vienna

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• Ain't no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.

  Billy Joel

  Philosophy, Color, Rainbow

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• You can linger too long in your dreams.

  Billy Joel

  Dream, Long, Your Dreams

  Song: Keeping The Faith, Album: An Innocent Man, 1983

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• You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.

  Billy Joel

  Art, Hair, Media

  Song: Captain Jack, Album: Piano Man

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• Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

  Billy Joel

  Thinking, Musician, Irs

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• When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.

  Billy Joel

  Jobs, Mistake, Missing

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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• I've written a bunch of stuff that no one's ever heard, and I don't know if they ever will. I'm just doing it for my own edification.

  Billy Joel

  Edification, Stuff, Bunch

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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• Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don't have that, you're kidding yourself and your listener.

  Billy Joel

  Art, Truth, Honesty

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• You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?

  Billy Joel

  Uncles, Work, Pay

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• I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence. The culmination of technology and civilized experience.

  Billy Joel

  Technology, Culture, Culmination

  Song: Running On Ice, Album: The Bridge, 1986

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• I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too; I had my pointless points of view. And life went on no matter who as wrong or right.

  Billy Joel

  Believe, Fighting, Views

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• I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.

  Billy Joel

  Talking, Insanity, Winos

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• No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?

  Billy Joel

  Education, Years, Two

  Song: Two Thousand Years, Album: River of Dreams, 1993

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• I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?

  Billy Joel

  Kids, Uterus, Compare

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• Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.

  Billy Joel

  True Love, Home, Causes

  Song: You're My Home, Album: Piano Man, 1973

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• If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.

  Billy Joel

  Past, Way, Causes

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• She's got a smile that heals me.

  Billy Joel

  Compliment, Heal

  Song: She's Got a Way, Album: Cold Spring Harbor, 1971

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• You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can't wait.

  Billy Joel

  Home, Phones, Waiting

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• If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.

  Billy Joel

  Dream, Imagination, Mind

  Song: Everybody Has A Dream, Album: The Stranger, 1977

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• I always hated my hair, so now it's going away.

  Billy Joel

  Hair, Going Away, Hated

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• Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.

  Billy Joel

  Doubt, Trying, Musician

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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.

  Billy Joel

  Children, Men, Flags

  Song: Allentown, Album: The Nylon Curtain, 1982

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• I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.

  Billy Joel

  New York, Book, Kids

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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.

  Billy Joel

  Writing, Issues, Mind

  Source: www.ew.com

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• People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.

  Billy Joel

  Thinking, Piano, People

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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