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.
BILLY JOELI have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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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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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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. 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.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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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 won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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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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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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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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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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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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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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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Mozart 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.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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