There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
BILLY JOELIn hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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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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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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