Billy Joel Quotes
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'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and then they had to, you know, try to pick up the pieces of their lives and bring up their children. And, it was a great example for us. I guess we grew up with a certain amount of the ethics our parents had, which is, you know: work hard, make your own way, be independent.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Now, we lives our lives...So nonchalant...We spend our time...So 'Bon Vivant'...Our stylish nights...So well-arranged...Those tasteful words that we exchange...We know it's all a passing phase.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again. Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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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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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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I don't know why I go to extremes.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody else. I don't like my own voice, I like Ray Charles, Robert Plant, I like Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, people that have an edge in their voice.
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Why should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.
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I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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When you look into my eyes And you see the crazy gypsy in my soulIt always comes as a surprise When I feel my withered roots begin to grow Well I never had a place that I could call my very own That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.
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If you want to know what life is like in the Soviet Union, go to your local department of motor vehicles.
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Well, he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma And the law just could not seem to track him down And it served his legend well For the folks, they'd love to tell 'Bout when Billy the Kid came to town.
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And the word spread of Billy the Kid.
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We're on the verge of all things new.
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I don't know why people thought I was retiring.
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You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.
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Clear as a crystal... Sharp as a knife...I feel like I'm in the prime of my life.
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I know how big business works. I don't trust it.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.