Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
BILLY JOELHonesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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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.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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