There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
BILLY JOELI’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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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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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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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.
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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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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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