Billy Joel Quotes
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance.
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You Catholic girls start much too late But sooner or later it comes down to fate I might as well be the one.
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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...
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't like the lessons very much, but I was enchanted by music. Music always transported me somewhere. Singing made feel good and being able to play the piano made me feel good.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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She can kill with a smile, She can wound with her eyes.
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For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.
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I don't think of myself as a singer. The only reason I ever got onstage was to meet girls.
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It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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Shades of grey wherever I go The more I find out the less that I know Black and white is how it should be But shades of grey are the colors I see.
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Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.
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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!
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Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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Well we're waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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They all want your white body, and they await your reply.But, between you and me, and this Staten Island ferry... so do I...
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too. Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev'rybody loves you now.
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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.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I'd start a revolution but I don't have timeI don't know why I'm still a nice guy.
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...And you're the only one who knows.
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The happiest times in my life were when my relationships were going well -- when I was in love with someone, and someone was loving me. But in my whole life, I haven't met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I'm discontented about that. I'm angry with myself. I have regrets.