Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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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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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 ride my own motorcycles, People are like, 'God, the guy is bad enough on cars!' Actually I have a better track record on bikes than I do with cars.
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You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
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I'm single but interviewing.
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It feels great to have a #1 album.
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I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.
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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 see firemen, you see cops, and these guys risk their lives everyday. They do this all the time . . . to be able to see a smile on some of these people's faces -- they've gone through so much, they've lost so many of their friends.
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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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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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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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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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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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.
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Ain't no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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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!
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You've got yoga honey I've got beer You got overpriced And I got weird.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.
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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 have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance.