Billy Joel Quotes
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Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.
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Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.
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Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we're all in the mood for a melody, And you've got us feeling all right.
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...now as we induldge, in things refined,we hide our hearts, from harder times...
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She can kill with a smile. She can wound with her eyes. She can ruin your faith with her casual lies. And she only reveals what she wants you to see. She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me.
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In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can't wait.
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What if she figures out you're not very smart?
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I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can't take it any more.
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There's a place in the world for the angry young man With his working class ties and his radical plans He refuses to bend he refuses to crawl And he's always at home with his back to the wall And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost And struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross And likes to be known as the angry young man.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.
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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?
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I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was trying to sing like Frankie Valli. They had a song called "Ragdoll," which was about a poor girl and a rich guy. So I just flipped it around and made it about a rich girl and a poor guy.
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There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able to learn from mistakes, he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
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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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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
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I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence. The culmination of technology and civilized experience.
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Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
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It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.