Billy Joel Quotes
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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.
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The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.
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I don't want clever conversationI never want to work that hard.
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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.'
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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 hate making videos. Songs are not visual. You get it out of the air. You don't watch it on MTV.
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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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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.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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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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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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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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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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I'm still dealing with the 21-year-old me. That idealist, that purist, that young, noble, and somewhat foolish guy . . . So I tell them to try to hold on to the way they feel right now. Because that's going to effect them for the rest of their lives.
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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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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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.
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Do what you love, and you'll always love what you do.
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It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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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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There are certain artists who have taken it upon themselves to save the world, and I find that gets tiresome. I think the artist's first obligation is to the art, not to the issues . . . I think if I have something to say the best way to do that is just to tell a damn good story.
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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?
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Don't go trying some new fashion Don't change the color of your hair. . . . I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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Slow down, you crazy child.You're so ambitious for a juvenile.