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You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for.
Billy Joel -
Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be Before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself That you forfeit what you need Though you can see when you're wrong.
Billy Joel
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
Billy Joel -
Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.
Billy Joel -
When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
Billy Joel -
I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too; I had my pointless points of view. And life went on no matter who as wrong or right.
Billy Joel -
Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
Billy Joel -
The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
Billy Joel
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You may never understand How the Stranger is inspired, But he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong. Though you drown in good intentions, You will never quench the fire. You'll give in to your desire When the Stranger comes along.
Billy Joel -
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!
Billy Joel -
They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Sinners are much more fun...
Billy Joel -
I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.
Billy Joel -
We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
Billy Joel -
I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
Billy Joel
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I hate making videos. Songs are not visual. You get it out of the air. You don't watch it on MTV.
Billy Joel -
There was a time in my life when I was drinking too much, and so I have stopped. It's an interesting concept. 'Just don't drink.' Hmm! I never thought of that!
Billy Joel -
You can't go home with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You don't sleep with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You don't get hugged by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and you don't have children with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I want what everybody else wants: to love and to be loved, and to have a family. Being in love has always been the most important thing in my life.
Billy Joel -
My songs are like my kids.
Billy Joel -
Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
Billy Joel -
I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
Billy Joel
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Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight, and make sure that all her dreams are sweet? Said now, would ya guide her on the roads, and make them softer for her feet? Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight, and make sure that she's gonna be alright, until she's home and here with me.
Billy Joel -
You can linger too long in your dreams...
Billy Joel -
Drank a lot of take home pay.
Billy Joel -
You can’t go the distance with too much resistance.
Billy Joel