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Billy Joel

Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
BILLY JOEL

Around Long Sit Song Writing
You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
BILLY JOEL

Cake Loneliness Love Mistakes Smile
I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
BILLY JOEL

Anniversary Friendship Love
Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
BILLY JOEL

Art Honesty Kidding Part Truth
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
BILLY JOEL

Country Frozen Halloween Listened World
You can linger too long in your dreams.
BILLY JOEL

Dream Linger Long
People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
BILLY JOEL

Believe Lying People
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
Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
BILLY JOEL

Advice Answers Waiting
There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
BILLY JOEL

Butter Peanut Sex Witty
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!
BILLY JOEL

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

Age Fighting Noble
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
BILLY JOEL

Goodbye Life Series
Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
BILLY JOEL

Fine Slow Down Want
Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOEL

Anyway One Songs
You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
BILLY JOEL

Distance Much Resistance Too

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