Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOELAs human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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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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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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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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My songs are like my kids.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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