Billy Joel Quotes
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It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man's Trojans.
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It feels great to have a #1 album.
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I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal.
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...And you're the only one who knows.
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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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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 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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It should be easy for a man who's strong to say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong.
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Slow down, you crazy child.You're so ambitious for a juvenile.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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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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She can kill with a smile, She can wound with her eyes.
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It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.