I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
BILLY JOEL
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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My songs are like my kids.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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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.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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After staring at origami directions long enough, you sort of become one with them and start understanding them from the inside.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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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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