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 JOELYou only beat me if you get me to hate.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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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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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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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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My songs are like my kids.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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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?
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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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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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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