I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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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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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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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’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I’m single but interviewing.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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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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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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