They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
BILLY JOELI believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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 may be wrong, but you may be right.
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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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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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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 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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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