They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
BILLY JOELVideos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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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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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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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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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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