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.”
BILLY JOELWhen I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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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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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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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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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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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 have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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