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.
BILLY JOELThey say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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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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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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