Only the good die young.
BILLY JOELPeople in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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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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’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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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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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’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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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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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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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 once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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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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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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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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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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