Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
BILLY JOELI don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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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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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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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.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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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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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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