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.
BILLY JOELCritics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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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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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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