Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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I thinking of people like Phil Ramone or George Martin.
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She can kill with a smile, She can wound with her eyes.
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...And you're the only one who knows.
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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 the only people I fear are those who never have doubts... Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they're for.
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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'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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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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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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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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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.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance.
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Ain't no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears.
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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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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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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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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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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You've got yoga honey I've got beer You got overpriced And I got weird.
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It feels great to have a #1 album.