You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
BILLY JOELIt’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?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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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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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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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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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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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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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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