Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
BILLY JOELI didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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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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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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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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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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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.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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