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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns

Billy Joel

I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOEL

Age Fighting Noble
You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
BILLY JOEL

Beer Relationship Yoga
I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
BILLY JOEL

Away From Crush Friendship Girl
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOEL

Heart Loud Musician Voices
I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
BILLY JOEL

Parent Piano Play Years
Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
BILLY JOEL

Inspiration Tangible Unseen
It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
BILLY JOEL

Alright Loses Two
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
BILLY JOEL

Kids Pianist Song Songwriter Writing
You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
BILLY JOEL

Girl Shame Walk
There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
BILLY JOEL

Alcohol Drug Men
I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
BILLY JOEL

Good Times Trouble Way
Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
BILLY JOEL

Dream Vienna Waiting
Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
BILLY JOEL

Causes Home Love True
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
BILLY JOEL

Creative Outlets Records
I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
BILLY JOEL

Life Looking Philosophy
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

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