Only the good die young.
BILLY JOELMost of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Nobody’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.”
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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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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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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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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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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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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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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