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.
BILLY JOELNobody’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.”
More Billy Joel Quotes
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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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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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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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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