You can linger too long in your dreams.
BILLY JOELThere 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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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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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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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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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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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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