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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

Billy Joel

Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOEL

Anyway One Songs
Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
BILLY JOEL

Call Fool Moments
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Age Entertainer Idols Magazines Money
We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
BILLY JOEL

Alcohol Drug Soul
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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Goodbye Life Series
I watched the mighty skyline fall
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Fall Mighty Skylines Watched
I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
BILLY JOEL

Inspirational Motivational Music
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.
BILLY JOEL

Empathy People Thinking
It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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Acceptance Love Loving Yourself
The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Country Education Helped People Wall
Only the good die young.
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Dense Iron Maiden Young
I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
BILLY JOEL

Country Political Soldiers Trying
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 JOEL

Book Country Kids
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.
BILLY JOEL

Birthday Business Jobs Crazy Song
I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
BILLY JOEL

Mets Thinking Type
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?
BILLY JOEL

Careers Materials Together

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