Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOELThis is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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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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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
BILLY JOEL






