Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
BILLY JOELI started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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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 should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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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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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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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.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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