Billy Joel Quotes
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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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She's got a smile that heals me I don't know why it is But I have to laugh when she reveals me.
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I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I've been writing music continually ever since the last album of original tunes, "River Of Dreams" in '93.
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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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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.
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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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I always wrote the music first, and the music gave me the mood and the lyrics were pretty much put in to give you a map, where that mood came from and where it's going. But my first love was really the music itself, and I guess I've gone back to that.
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It feels great to have a #1 album.
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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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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Slow down, you crazy child.You're so ambitious for a juvenile.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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They say that these are not the best of times But they're the only times I've ever known And I believe there is a time for meditation In cathedrals of our own.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here's a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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Well so, here I am at the end of the road Where do I go from here?
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It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News.
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Do what you love, and you'll always love what you do.
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Some people find it's easier to hate.