Billy Joel Quotes
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I don't think what has happened to me is that different from what happens to most people. The only difference is the scale. People seem to think my problems are larger than life, but they're not larger than my life.
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Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honest is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you.
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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.
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We were sharp... as sharp as knives. And we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives...
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Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.
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If you could only hear what I dream.
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It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
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We came in spastic, like tameless horses. We left in plastic as numbered corpses.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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I would say the songs that have different lyrics. I always write the music first, and there's a couple of songs on this box set that have different lyrics from what ended up on the final recording.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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Some people stay far away from the door if there's a chance of it opening up. They hear a voice in the hall outside and hope that it just passes by.
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All she wanted was sax.
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I can't remember faces, don't remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
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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.
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I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I know how big business works. I don't trust it.
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I promised I would never leave you And you should always know Wherever you may go No matter where you are I never will be far away.
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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.