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.
BILLY JOELI am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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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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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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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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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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