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 JOELIf you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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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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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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Only the good die young.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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