She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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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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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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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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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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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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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’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Only the good die young.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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