Billy Joel
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“I don’t know how many times I woke up in the morning realizing I was an idiot the night before, felt like hell, had a hungover. You look in the mirror and you go, ‘You had to be a big shot, didn’t you?'”
Billy Joel · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-26
Billy Joel describes the hangover experiences that led him to write the song 'Big Shot.'
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Rolling Stone
“‘Big Shot’ was a hangover song,”
Billy Joel · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-26
Billy Joel explains the inspiration behind his song in a track introduction.
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Rolling Stone