And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
BILLY JOELThere was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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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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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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