It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
BILLY JOELAnd the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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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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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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