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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.
Billy Joel -
Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
Billy Joel
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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.
Billy Joel -
Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
Billy Joel -
Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honest is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you.
Billy Joel -
I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
Billy Joel -
My friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane!
Billy Joel -
I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.
Billy Joel
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Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
Billy Joel -
We were sharp... as sharp as knives. And we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives...
Billy Joel -
Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.
Billy Joel -
Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
Billy Joel -
I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
Billy Joel -
You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
Billy Joel
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I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand Another serenader and another long haired band Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts, But I know the game, you'll forget my name, And I won't be here in another year If I don't stay on the charts.
Billy Joel -
...now as we induldge, in things refined,we hide our hearts, from harder times...
Billy Joel -
All she wanted was sax.
Billy Joel -
If you could only hear what I dream.
Billy Joel -
We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
Billy Joel -
I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
Billy Joel
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Part of me is afraid to let go of this other thing, which was so hugely successful. But on the other hand, I have to move ahead, or else my feet are stuck in the cement. I feel like I'm capable of writing other kinds of music, and I'm at a transitional time in my life.
Billy Joel -
We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it.
Billy Joel -
You can speak your mind But not on my time.
Billy Joel -
From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time East and west of the Rio Grande. Well, he started with a bank in Colorado In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid. And his age and his size took the teller by surprise, And the word spread of Billy the Kid.
Billy Joel