Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOELI 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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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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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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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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