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Billy Joel

Read through the most famous quotes from Billy Joel




I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.


— Billy Joel


#sadness #saints #sin #virtue #sad

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.


— Billy Joel


#always #am #artist #back #because

So I would choose to be with you, That's if the choice were mine to make, But you can make decisions too, And you can have this heart to break


— Billy Joel


#heart #life #love #music #life

I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun.


— Billy Joel


#lyrics

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


#love #music #life

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it


— Billy Joel


#lessons #life #music #poetry #inspirational

When the going gets tough, the tough get going


— Billy Joel


#motivational

every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns


— Billy Joel


#love #life

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.


— Billy Joel


#am #competent #extraordinary #i #i am

...And you're the only one who knows.


— Billy Joel


#pop #music






About Billy Joel

Billy Joel Quotes




Did you know about Billy Joel?

Joel’s bitterness over the debacle would later spill out in the song "Getting Closer" the closing track from his 1986 album The Bridge (the last which was constrained by the Family Productions deal) where he makes. He boxed successfully on the amateur Golden Gloves circuit for a short time winning twenty-two bouts but abandoned the sport shortly after breaking his nose in his twenty-fourth boxing match. Music career


Early career
Upon seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 Joel decided to pursue a full-time musical career and set about finding a local Long Island band to join.

In 2008 Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary with Billy Joel positioned at No. His compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah" Joel stopped writing and recording popular music after 1993's River of Dreams but he continued to tour extensively until 2010.

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