Only the good die young.
BILLY JOELDon’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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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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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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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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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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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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They 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.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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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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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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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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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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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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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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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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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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