They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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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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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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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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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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