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 JOELThey say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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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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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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