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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.

Billy Joel

People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
BILLY JOEL

Feel Good Night People
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
BILLY JOEL

Art Created Looks Portraits
Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
BILLY JOEL

Careers Materials Together
If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
BILLY JOEL

Kids Kids Want Something Tell
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
BILLY JOEL

Mean Opinion Singers
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
BILLY JOEL

Arabia Country Lawrence Place
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
BILLY JOEL

Country Frozen Halloween Listened World
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
BILLY JOEL

Money Overtime Pay Uncles Work
Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
BILLY JOEL

Honesty Insanity Lonely
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.
BILLY JOEL

Away Going Houston Kids
I’m in a New York state of mind
BILLY JOEL

Country Mind States
…And you’re the only one who knows.
BILLY JOEL

Good Inspirational Love Morning
I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
BILLY JOEL

Mets Thinking Type
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
BILLY JOEL

Heart Past Sanctuary Strong
It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
BILLY JOEL

Alright Loses Two
No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
BILLY JOEL

Education Endless Same Years
We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
BILLY JOEL

Humans Making Mistakes Suppose
You may be wrong, but you may be right.
BILLY JOEL

May Philosophy Right
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.
BILLY JOEL

Competition Crazy Poor School Teacher
What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
BILLY JOEL

Believe Friendship Way
There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
BILLY JOEL

Alcohol Drug Men
We’re on the verge of all things new.
BILLY JOEL

All Cerge Country New Things
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.
BILLY JOEL

Clever Love Want
Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
BILLY JOEL

Around Long Sit Song Writing
Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
BILLY JOEL

Heart Love Lying
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

Made Mistake Reality
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.”
BILLY JOEL

Everybody Famous Really Town

Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.

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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.

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