I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
BILLY JOELIn every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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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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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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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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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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