We’re on the verge of all things new.
BILLY JOELDon’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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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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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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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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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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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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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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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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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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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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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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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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