Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
BILLY JOELYou enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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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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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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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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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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