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I don't want clever conversationI never want to work that hard.
Billy Joel -
If I'm crazy then it's true That it's all because of you And you wouldn't want me any other way.
Billy Joel
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You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true.
Billy Joel -
She's got a smile that heals me I don't know why it is But I have to laugh when she reveals me.
Billy Joel -
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There's an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, 'Son, can you play me a memory?/ I'm not really sure how it goes / But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes.'
Billy Joel -
I don't think of myself as a singer. The only reason I ever got onstage was to meet girls.
Billy Joel -
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
Billy Joel -
And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
Billy Joel
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Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.
Billy Joel -
People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.
Billy Joel -
You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
Billy Joel -
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
Billy Joel -
So I would choose to be with you, That's if the choice were mine to make, But you can make decisions too, And you can have this heart to break.
Billy Joel -
I'd rather laugh in bed than do it. If I went to a lady of the night, I'd probably pay her to tell me jokes. Would that be perverted?
Billy Joel
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.
Billy Joel -
Maybe this won't last very long but you feel so right and I could be wrong. Maybe I've been hoping too hard. I've gone this far and it's more than I hope for.
Billy Joel -
Well so, here I am at the end of the road Where do I go from here?
Billy Joel -
Who was wrong? Who was right?It didn't matter in the thick of the fight...
Billy Joel -
She's got a way about her...I don't know what it is... but I know that I can't live without her...
Billy Joel -
Do what's good for you Or you're not good for anybody.
Billy Joel
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I've crashed my car three times.
Billy Joel -
I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.
Billy Joel -
I actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what? It needs some kind of an introduction to kind of set the mood and set the flavor. So I just played this kind of cocktail lounge thing, the hustle and bustle of waitresses going by - that kind of thing.
Billy Joel -
People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
Billy Joel