Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
BILLY JOELStreetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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