You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
BILLY JOELAs long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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My songs are like my kids.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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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.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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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.
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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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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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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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