There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
BILLY JOELSlow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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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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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 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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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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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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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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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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