And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
BILLY JOELUsually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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Only the good die young.
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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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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.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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