They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
BILLY JOELI’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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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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 to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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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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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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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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