Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
BILLY JOELThere was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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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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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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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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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.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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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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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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