Billy Joel Quotes
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I'm kind of in a dark place. And I know some people are actually excited about that, because they think I'll write an album about being sad. But that's not what my music is about. There have been times when I've done that, but I'm not going to do it again.
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I know I'm searching for something Something so undefined That it can only be seen By the eyes of the blind In the middle of the night.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.
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I won't be righteous again. I'm not sure anymore.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good; You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It's alright, it's alright; Sometimes that's what it takes. You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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Don't wait for answers, just take your chances. Don't ask me why.
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I'm in a New York state of mind.
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...now as we induldge, in things refined,we hide our hearts, from harder times...
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She's got a smile that heals me.
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When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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Don't take any shit from anybody!
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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I was homeless when I was younger and I was suicidal when I was 21. Anything that has happened after that is like water off a duck's back.
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I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk and modern man accumulates.
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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. Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lovers eyes...and I can only stand apart and sympathize...for we are only what our situations hand us...it's either sadness or euphoria...
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Rolling Stone magazine would not say anything positive about me, and they were the tastemakers at the time. There were people from the old guard who insisted I wasn't a real rock and roller. Well, O.K., fine -- I'm not a real rock and roller. You got me.
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Most people you'd tell "I'm gonna be a musician," they'd say, "you're crazy, you're gonna starve, you're gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you'll never make it, there's too much competition, it's a terrible business," etc. But my chorus teacher in high school said, "you've got what it takes to be a really good professional musician, you should consider it." That was an epiphany for me. So I thought, well, maybe I can help somebody, too.
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We didn't start the fire But when we are gone Will it still burn on and on and on...
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Don't go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I would not leave you in 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 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.