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 JOELI 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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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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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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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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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
BILLY JOEL