I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
BILLY JOELI 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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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.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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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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