I’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.
BILLY JOELIn every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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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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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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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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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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