“My life is as if you've hit me with it.”

“I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show
You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio
It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life
It was a beautiful song but it ran too long
If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to 3:05.”

Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist

“It's only falling in love because you've hit the ground.”

Josh Homme (1973) American musician

“Hold what you've got and hit them where you can.”

Ernest King (1878–1956) United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations

“Annie, are you OK?
Annie, are you OK?
Are you OK, Annie?
You've been hit by, you've been struck by
A smooth criminal.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

“You've made my life so glamorous,
You can't blame me for feeling amorous.
'S wonderful, 's marvellous
That you should care for me.”

Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) American lyricist

“Dan: You've ruined my life.
Anna: You'll get over it.”

Patrick Marber Closer

“My father always used
to say that when you die,
if you've got five real friends,
then you've had a great life.”

Lee Iacocca (1924–2019) American businessman

“Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor.”

Marisha Pessl (1977) American writer

“Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.”

Lionel Messi (1987) Argentine association football player