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.
BILLY JOELMozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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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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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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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 alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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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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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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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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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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