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.
BILLY JOELI had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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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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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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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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